document.write( "Question 1134605: You need to buy a new refrigerator for your house. There are two models that are comparing. A standard model cost $400 dollars and uses $8 dollars of electricity per month. An energy efficient model costs $800 dollars and uses $4 of electricity per month.\r
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The graph is just done on notebook paper and I used the solutions from 4 and 5 to help with the graphing.
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