On a coordinate plane, a piecewise function has 3 lines. The graph shows cleaning time in hours on the x-axis and total cost in dollars on the y-axis. The first line has an open circle at (0, 50) and continues horizontally to a closed circle at (2, 50). The second line has an open circle at (2, 100) and continues horizontally to a closed circle at (6, 100). The third line has an open circle at (6, 200) and continues horizontally to a closed circle at (8, 200). The graph represents the cleaning costs charged by a housekeeping service. Which statement is true of the cost function? A cleaning time of 2 hours will cost $100. A cleaning time of 6 hours will cost $150. Cost is a fixed rate of $100 for jobs requiring more than 2 hours, up to a maximum of 6 hours. Cost is a fixed rate of $200 for jobs that require at least 6 hours.

  C. (2, 6] hour jobs cost $100

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's consider each of these statements in view of the graph:

the largest number of the four options is 1.8 x 10-2

you have it in scientific notation.

1.80 x 10-6   = 0.00000180

1.80 x 10-4   = 0.000180 (bigger, or "less small", than the former one)

so

1.8 x 10-2       = 0.0180. as you see. the "less small", or the biggest one of them all.

as you have negative exponent, it means you are dividing 1.8 by 100 (i.e. moving the dot towards left, two times).

if you had positive exponent for the scientific notation, power of tenths, you would be multiplying times 100 (moving the dot towards right) as below:

1.8 x (10)2 = 180

so. if you have negative exponent in scientific notation, move the dot toward left. if it is positive, toward right as many times the exponent tells you.

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