You Sell Heating Oil

question 21

Multiple Choice

You sell heating oil.Your yearly storage cost C, in dollars, depends on the amount q, in thousands of gallons, of heating oil you order at the beginning of the season.The relationship is ​ .
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There are two heating oil order sizes that will result in a yearly storage cost of 142 dollars.Find both of them.Round the number of thousand gallons to two decimal places if necessary.
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• A) 2.01 thousand gallons and 8.14 thousand gallons
• B) 0.36 thousand gallons and 7.56 thousand gallons
• C) 35.12 thousand gallons and 0.38 thousand gallons
• D) 37.91 thousand gallons and 37.99 thousand gallons

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