A Boeing 747 crosses the Atlantic Ocean (3000 miles) with an airspeed of 500 miles per hour.

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A Boeing 747 crosses the Atlantic Ocean (3000 miles) with an airspeed of 500 miles per hour. The cost C (in dollars) per passenger is given by

36,000 |C(x) = 100 + х 10 х


where x is the ground speed (airspeed - wind).

(a) Use a graphing utility to graph the function C = C(x).

(b) Create a TABLE with Tb1 Start = 0 and ΔTb1 = 50.

(c) To the nearest 50 miles per hour, what ground speed minimizes the cost per passenger?

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Precalculus

ISBN: 978-0321716835

9th edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan

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