The amount of heating oil produced (in gallons per day) by an oil refinery is modeled by

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The amount of heating oil produced (in gallons per day) by an oil refinery is modeled by the rational functionimagewhere x is the amount of gasoline produced (in hundreds of gallons per day). Suppose the refinery must produce 300 gal of heating oil per day to meet the needs of its customers.


(a) How much gasoline will be produced per day?


(b) A graph of ƒ, for x > 0, is shown in the figure. Use it to decide what happens to the amount of gasoline (x) produced as the amount of heating oil (y) produced increases.image

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Intermediate Algebra

ISBN: 9780134895987

13th Edition

Authors: Margaret Lial, John Hornsby, Terry McGinnis

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