document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=64616>Question 64616</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bette’s Bananas delivers fresh bananas to your doorstep every morning.  The cost for the service is $12/month flat rate and your first ten bananas are free!  Further bananas cost $0.10 each.  Construct a piecewise-linear function for the cost C of receiving N bananas in a month. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the  number of bananas received be = N<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of bananas free = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> number of bananas to be charged = N-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of N-10 bananas at $0.10 each = (N-10)* 0.10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost for the service per month = $12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore the cost C for receiving N bananas is given by,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C = 12 + (N-10)*(0.10)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Good Luck!!!  </SPAN>\n" );
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