A gas company has the following rate schedule for natural gas usage in single–family
residences:
Monthly service charge $8.80
Per therm service charge
1st 25 therms $0.6686/therm
Over 25 therms $0.85870/therm
What is the charge for using 25 therms in one month?
What is the charge for using 45 therms in one month?
Construct a function that gives the monthly charge C for x therms of gas.
A cellular phone plan had the following schedule of charges:
Basic service, including 100 minutes of calls $20.00 per month
2nd 100 minutes of calls $0.075 per minute
Additional minutes of calls $0.10 per minute
What is the charge for 200 minutes of calls in one month?
What is the charge for 250 minutes of calls in one month?
Construct a function that relates the monthly charge C for x minutes of calls.
The wind chill factor represents the equivalent air temperature at a standard wind speed
that would produce the same heat loss as the given temperature and wind speed. One
formula for computing the equivalent temperature is
W(t) =
t
33 –(10.45 + 10 v– v)(33 – t )
22.04
33 – 1.5958(33 – t)
if 0
v < 1.79
if 1.79
v < 20
if v 20
where v represents the wind speed (in meters per second) and t represents the air
temperature (°C). Compute the wind chill for an air temperature of 15°C and a wind speed
of 12 meters per second. (Round the answer to one decimal place.)