In Palo Alto, California, a government agency ordered

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In Palo Alto, California, a government agency ordered computer-related companies to contribute to a pool of money to clean up underground water supplies. (The companies had stored toxic chemicals in leaking underground containers.) The mathematical model C 200x 100 x describes the cost, C, in tens of thousands of dollars, for removing x percent of the contaminants. Use this formula to solve Exercises 101102. a. Find the cost, in tens of thousands of dollars, for removing 50% of the contaminants. b. Find the cost, in tens of thousands of dollars, for removing 80% of the contaminants. c. Describe what is happening to the cost of the cleanup as the percentage of contaminant removed increases.

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