Florida Power & Light Company supplies electricity to residential customers for a monthly customer charge of $5.69

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Florida Power & Light Company supplies electricity to residential customers for a monthly customer charge of $5.69 plus 8.48 cents per kilowatt-hour for up to 1000 kilowatt-hours.

(a) Write a linear equation that relates the monthly charge C, in dollars, to the number x of kilowatt-hours used in a month, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1000.

(b) Graph this equation.

(c) What is the monthly charge for using 200 kilowatt-hours?

(d) What is the monthly charge for using 500 kilowatt-hours?

(e) Interpret the slope of the line.

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Precalculus

ISBN: 978-0321716835

9th edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan

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