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Ecology—Removing Pollutants: In planning its future operating budget, the city of Rockton...

Ecology—Removing Pollutants: In planning its future operating budget, the city of Rockton hires a consulting firm to determine the cost of removing the pollutants discharged into Lake Watson. They find the cost can be projected by the model

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

(a) Use the Quotient Rule to differentiate C(x).


(b) Evaluate C(50) and C′(50) and interpret each.

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