Hospital costs. Using statistical methods, the financial department of a hospital arrived...

Hospital costs. Using statistical methods, the financial department of a hospital arrived at the cost equation

where C(x) is the cost in dollars for handling x cases per month.

(A) Describe how the graph of function C can be obtained from the graph of one of the basic functions in Figure on page 19.

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(B) Sketch a graph of function C using part (A) and a graphing calculator as aids.

Figure Some basic functions and their graphs