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HOW DO YOU SEE IT? The cost C (In dollars) of producing x units of a product is C = 60x + 1350. For one week, management determined that the number of units produced x at the end of t hours was
Using the graph, which is greater, the rate of change of the cost after 1 hour or the rate of change of the cost after 4 hours?
Explain why the cost function is not increasing at a constant rate during the eight-hour shift.
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