A dairy spends $24,000 per year to maintain its barns and equipment. It costs $2000 per year to feed and care for each dairy cow. (a) Using C for the number of dairy cows and E for the total yearly expense, in dollars, find a formula that gives the total yearly expense as a linear function of the number of dairy cows. E =

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A dairy spends $24,000 per year to maintain its barns and equipment. It costs $2000 per year to feed and care for each dairy cow.
(a)
Using C for the number of dairy cows and E for the total yearly expense, in dollars, find a formula that gives the total yearly expense as a linear function of the number of dairy cows.
E = 
 
 
 
(b)
Use functional notation to express the total expense if the dairy has 40 cows.
E(40)
E(40C)
    
40E
E(2000)
E(24,000)
(c)
Calculate the value from part (b).
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