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The Postage function.
The cost of sending a large envelope via U.S. first-class mail in 2014 was $0.98 for the first ounce and $0.21 for each additional ounce (or fraction thereof). (Source; www.usps.com.) If x represents the weight of a large envelope, in ounces, then
And so on, up through 13 ounce. The graph of p is show below.
Using the graph of the postage function, find each of the following limit, if it exists.
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