SOLUTION: The cost, in millions of dollars, to remove x % of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico modeled by c=18,000/215-2x (Do not convert the percentages below) a. What is the cost

Question 548196: The cost, in millions of dollars, to remove x % of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico modeled by
c=18,000/215-2x
(Do not convert the percentages below)
a. What is the cost to remove 15% of the pollutant?
b. What is the cost to remove 25% of the pollutant?
c. What is the cost to remove 45% of the pollutant?
d. What is the cost to remove 65% of the pollutant?
e. What is the cost to remove 85% of the pollutant?

Answer by JBarnum(2146) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if you can convert 15% to .15 then the equation is using the #% and not the decimal form
so simply plug in the % for x and solve
I did the first and the last one you should be able to do the rest on your own
15%=x

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85%=x

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