Question 769443: Please help!! My question;
A school is ordering boxes of copy paper for its teachers. When placing their order, the paper company explains the pricing to them as follows. If they order no more than 1000 boxes, the company will charge them $35 per box. If they order more than 1000 boxes, the company will charge them $27.50 per box.
Which type of function would best model this situation: a step function or a piecewise function? Explain
Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a step function since it has a finite number of pieces, namely
f(x) = 35*x if x < or = 1000
= 27.50*x if x > 1000
this function has two pieces and therefore is a step function
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said another way a step function is a piecewise constant function having only finitely many pieces.
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