document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=32439>Question 32439</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Marcus and Juan designed a cap for their racing club. The caps were such a hit, their friends convinced them to start their own business. Totalk start-up costs are $500. They estimate that it will cost them $3.00 to print each cap. The function C(x)= 500+3x/x represents cost per cap when x number of caps are produced. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the vertical asymptote?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Whast is the horizontal asymptote?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the reasonable domain and range? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #19040 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mukhopadhyay><B>mukhopadhyay(490)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mukhopadhyay><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=19040\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The function is C(x)= (500+3x)/x (confirm placement of parenthesis)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Same as 500/x + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Vertical Asymptote can be found by equating the denominator with zero<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> vertical asymptote: x=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Horizontal Asymptote: as x gets larger, 500/x approaches to zero. Thus f(x) = 3 is the horizontal asymptote:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Reasonable domain: x belongs to (-infinity, 0) U (0, infinity)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Reasonable range: f(x) could be any real number </SPAN>\n" );
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