Answer:
ai) 73000 gal/yr
aii) $730 per year
b) 1000 days
Step-by-step explanation:
ai) The water usage per day is ...
(4 showers/day)(10 min/shower)(5 gal/min) = 200 gal/day
Then the usage per year is ...
(200 gal/day)(365 days/yr) = 73,000 gal/yr
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aii) The cost of electricity is the cost of heating half the water usage, so is ...
(0.20 kWh/gal)(1/2)(73,000 gal/yr)($0.10/kWh) = $730/yr
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b) The current daily cost of electricity for heating water is ...
($730/yr)/(365 days/yr) = $2/day
If the cost is cut in half, it will be $1 per day. That means the savings is $1 per day, so it will take 1000 days to recover the $1000 initial cost. (Effectively, the average cost for the first 1000 days is the same as if the water heater had not been replaced.)
Answer: yes, because it is useful to describe changes in the behavior of the thing we are describing.
Step-by-step explanation:
A piecewise function f(x) is a function that is "different" depending on the range of the values of x, this is for example:
y = x -----> if x < 0
y = x^2 ----- if x ≥ 0
This is used to represent changes in the behavior of the thing we are describing.
For example, suppose an object that is moving with constant velocity, the velocity graph will be a constant line.
Now, the object suddenly, at a time t = t0 accelerates to a constant acceleration A, now the graph of the velocity is a linear graph with slope equal to A.
So this situation can be represent this with a piecewise function:
V(t) = c -----> if t < t0
V(t) = c + A*t -----> if t ≥ t0
So the answer is yes, we can.
C. these are the y values shown on the graph
Answer:
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