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The charge to rent a trailer is $15 for up to 2 hours plus $8 per additional hour or portion of an hour. Find the cost to rent a trailer for 2.9 hours, 3 hours, and 8.7 hours. Then graph all orderedpairs, (hours, cost), for the function,fa. What is the cost to rent a trailer for 2 9 hours?$b. What is the cost to rent a trailer for 3 hours?$c. What is the cost to rent a trailer for 8.7 hours?$d. What is the cost to rent a trailer for 9 hours?

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that the cost to rent a trailer for 2 hours is $15


\begin{gathered} C(h)=15 \\ \text{for} \\ 0$8 for an hour or a portion of an hour, we have:[tex]\begin{gathered} C(h)=8(h-2)+15 \\ =8h-1 \end{gathered}

These gives us the piecewise function:


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