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A power company burns coal to generate electricity. The cost C (x) (in $1000) to remove x % of the air pollutants is given by:

A power company burns coal to generate electricity. The costC (x)(in $1000) to removex% of the air pollutants is given by:

C(x)=500x

__________

140x

C(x)=500x140x

a.Compute the cost to remove 25% of the air pollutants.

b.If the power company budgets $1.4 million for pollution control, what percentage of the air pollutants can be removed?

P.S. the 140 is only dividing 500

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