A contractor wants to rent a wood chipper from Acme Rental for a day for $118 plus $11 per hour or from Bell Rental for a day for $128 plus $9 per hour. Find a cost function in dollars for using each rental firm. (Let x be the number of hours for which the wood chipper is rented.) Acme C(x)

-- Acme

--- Bell

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Acme:

Bell:

Required

Determine the cost function for both

The cost function can be determined using the following illustrations:

Daily Rate + Hourly Rate * Number of Hours

Represent the number of hours with x

So, we have:

For Acme:

For Bell:

7 weeks

step-by-step explanation:

convert each fraction to the least common multiple of 20, so 3/4 = 15/20 & 1/10 = 2/20, then divide 15 by 2 and you get a little over 7, so the food will last 7 weeks.

example 2 – simplify: step 1: completely factor both the numerators and denominators of all fractions. step 2: change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip (or reciprocate) the fraction after the division sign; essential you need to multiply by the reciprocal. step 3 : cancel or reduce the fractions.