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The cost, C, in United States Dollars ($), of cleaning up x percent of an oil spill along the Gulf Coast of the United States increases tremendously as x approaches 100. One equation for determining the cost (in millions $) is:

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Answer:

The value of k is  [tex]k = 214285.7[/tex]

The percentage  of the oil that will be cleaned is [tex]x = 80.77\%[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

   The  cost of cleaning up the spillage is  [tex]C = \frac{ k x }{100 - x }[/tex]  [tex]x \le x \le 100[/tex]

     The  cost of cleaning x =  70% of the oil is  [tex]C = \$500,000[/tex]

   

Now at  [tex]C = \$500,000[/tex] we have  

       [tex]\$ 500000 = \frac{ k * 70 }{100 - 70 }[/tex]

       [tex]\$ 500000 = \frac{ k * 70 }{30 }[/tex]

      [tex]\$ 500000 = \frac{ k * 70 }{30 }[/tex]

      [tex]k = 214285.7[/tex]

Now  When  [tex]C = \$900,000[/tex]

       [tex]x = 80.77\%[/tex]

       

 

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