SOLUTION: A gym charges $5/ hour for the firs four hours of use in a week, and a total flat rate of $20 after that. a) how much would you send going to the gym for 3 hours in a week? 5 hours

Question 1203754: A gym charges $5/ hour for the firs four hours of use in a week, and a total flat rate of $20 after that. a) how much would you send going to the gym for 3 hours in a week? 5 hours in a week? b)write a piecewise function that models the total cost of the gym in a week according to the number of hours spent there. c) is the function continuous or discontinuous? Explain
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if the intent is that the total cost for the week will never be more than 20 dollars, then the equation is:
y = 5x for x = 1 to 3.
y = 20 for x >= 4.
presumably you are billed at the end of the week.
the hours are tallied up at the end of the week.
if you went for less than 3 hours, you pay by the hours that you went.
if you went for 4 hours or more, you pay 20.00.
the maximum you pay for the week is 20.00.

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