Question

Megan buys condiments in bulk for her restaurant. The company that she orders ketchup from charges $14.78 per gallon for orders less than 8 gallons. For orders of 8 gallons or more, the cost is $11.99 per gallon of ketchup. Which function represents this situation?
side note: f(x)= blank

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Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

● Orders of 8 gallons or more can be modeled as: x》 8

● For each gallons in the situation above the company charges 11.99 per gallon so: 11.99x

● For orders that are less than 8, the comapny charges 14.78 per gallon

● => 14.78x for x < 8

So the function that represent the situation is the second one