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Ecology—Removing Pollution: The city of Gilbertsburg is interested in analyzing the cost i...

Ecology—Removing Pollution: The city of Gilbertsburg is interested in analyzing the cost involved in removing local water pollution. The cost of removing pollutants in Lake Sutrane near the city of Gilbertsburg is a function of the amount of money invested in its removal and can be modeled by

where x represents the percentage of pollutants removed, and C(x) represents the cost of removing the pollutants, measured in thousands of dollars.

(a) Determine the reasonable domain of C.


(b) Evaluate C(40) and interpret.


(c) Determine and interpret.

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