Alicia, the manager of a plant, determines that when x% of the plant’s capacity is being used, the total cost of the operation is c hundred dollars, where: [tex]c(x) = \frac{8x^2-636x-320}{x^2-68x-960}[/ tex]the company has a policy of rotating maintenance in an attempt to ensure that approximately 80% of capacity is always in use. what cost should alicia expect when the plant is operating at this ideal capacity?

Missouri has a shape that is similar to a trapezoid with bases of about 198 miles and 276 miles and a height of about 270 miles. what is the area of missouri in square miles? explain how you found the answer.

Dropping less than two inches per mile after emerging from the mountains, a river drains into the ocean. one day's discharge at its mouth, 5.6 trillion gallons, could supply all of country a's households for seven months. based on this statement, determine how much water an average household uses each month. assume that there are 100 million households in country a. country a uses approximately nothing gallons per household per month.

The spring the owner of a sporting good store decreases the price of winter gloves from $10 to $8 each increases the price of swimming goggles from $8 to $10 without doing the math you think the percent decrease in the price of the gloves the same as the percent increase of the goggles explain why or why not