The Cost C (In Millions of Dollars)of Removing P% of the Industrial

question 54

Multiple Choice

The cost C (in millions of dollars) of removing p% of the industrial and municipal pollutants discharged into a river is given by​ $C = \frac { 255 p } { 100 - p } , 0 \leq p \leq 100$ . ​
Select the correct graph of the cost function.
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