The U.S. Maritime Administration estimated that the cost per ton of building an oil tanker could be represented by the model f(x)=102,000/x+235 where y is the cost in dollars per ton and x is the tons (in thousands). What size of oil tanker (in thousands of tons) can be built for $350 per ton?
a. 56 thousand tons
b. 6 thousand tons
c. 174 thousand tons
d. 526 thousand tons

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saifoo.khan · Answer

$$f(x)=\frac{102,000}{x}+235$$Does it looks like that?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

oops... no.

anonymous · Answer

f(x)=    102,000
_________
x+235

anonymous · Answer

WOW...  f(x)= 102,000 
                      _________ 
                         x+235