document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=88125>Question 88125</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help, I need to graph a cost function rule of:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C(x)=x^2+6x / x+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The information that I am provided with is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose the production cost per unit c(x), in dollars, when a firm manufactures x thousand units of a certain product is given by c(x)= x+6 / x+2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The cost for 1,000 units produced is $2.33 (thousand)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The cost for 5,000 units produced is $1.57 (thousand)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The cost for 10,000 units produced is $1.33 (thousand)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The rule for C(x) for the total production cost (in thousands) when x thousand units are produced. (Hint: Total Cost = number of units produced times cost per unit.) I have solved it this far, but I am stumped on the last one. Graphing the C(x)= x^2+6x / x+2. Please put it the simplest way you can. Like listing the points on the graph, I can take it from there. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #63949 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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=63949\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> graph a cost function rule of:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C(x)=(x^2+6x) / (x+2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have a vertical asymptote at x=-2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You have x-intercepts at x=0 and at x=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "As x gets arbitrarily large, C(x) gets arbitrarily large.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AS x approaches -inf, C(x) approaches -inf.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When x=1, C(1) = 7/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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