The Daily Cost $C$ (In Dollars) of Removing Pollution from the Smokestack of an the Smokestack

question 197

Multiple Choice

The daily cost $C$ (in dollars) of removing pollution from the smokestack of an electric power plant is related to the percent of pollution $p$ removed according to the equation $C = \frac { 16,400 } { 100 - p }$ . Describe the transformations needed to obtain the graph of this function from the graph of $C = \frac { 1 } { \mathrm { p } }$ .

• A) Shift 100 units to the left, reflect across either axis,and stretch vertically by a factor of 16,400.
• B) Reflect across the p-axis, shift 100 units to the left and shift up 16,400 units.
• C) Shift 100 units to the right, reflect across either axis,and stretch vertically by a factor of 16,400.
• D) Shift 100 units to the right and stretch vertically by a factor of 16,400.

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