document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=322390>Question 322390</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Imagine you are at a gas station filling your tank with gas. The function C(g) represents the cost C of filling up the gas tank with g gallons. Given the equation C(g)=3.50(g)  Please help don't understand!!!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What does the number 3.50 represent in this problem?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Think about this for just a minute.  You go to a store to buy something.  You buy some number of this one thing -- like 3 loaves of bread or 5 t-shirts or 6 gallons of gasoline.  How much money did you spend?  The number of things times the price for one, right?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So if the total cost at the gas station is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE C(g)\ =\ 3.50g\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE g\"> represents the number of gallons of gas you bought, what must the 3.50 represent?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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