Aental car company has a special deal on one of the
available rentals. Let C be the cost, in dollars, of the
rental car as a function of the distance d, in miles, it is
driven in one day.
A. What would the value C(75) represent in this context?
B. Is function C increasing or decreasing? What are the
units of the slope in this situation?
C. Identify any maximum or minimum values of the
function. What do they represent in this situation?
State any assumptions that you make.
D. Would the graph of C have any intercepts? What would they represent in this
situation?
E. Write a rule for C(d), and sketch a graph of the function.
Daily rental
$21.50
+ $0.45 per mile