document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1208121>Question 1208121</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An economy car rented in Florida from National Car Rental® on a weekly basis costs $95 per week. Extra days cost $24 per day until the day rate exceeds the weekly rate, in which case the weekly rate applies. Also, any part of a day used counts as a full day. Find the cost C of renting an economy car as a function of the number x of days used, where 7 <= x <= 14. Graph this function. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "An economy car rented in Florida from National Car Rental® on a weekly basis costs $95 per week. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Extra days cost $24 per day until the day rate exceeds the weekly rate, in which case the weekly <BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate applies. Also, any part of a day used counts as a full day. Find the cost C of renting <BR>\n" );
document.write( "an economy car as a function of the number x of days used, where 7 <= x <= 14. Graph this function.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem says that \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\"An economy car rented in Florida from National Car Rental® on a weekly basis costs $95 per week.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A week is 7 days; so this rate is 95/7 dollars per day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But this fraction, 95/7 dollars, is neither an integer number of dollars nor an integer number of cents.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, it is unclear to me how to treat this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In my view, the problem is composed incorrectly (= by an illogical way).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To me, it is an example on how a Math problem SHOULD NOT be composed.\r<BR>\n" );
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