The cheer squad is ordering small towels to throw into the stands at the next pep rally. the printing company has quoted the following prices. which function defined below represents the cost of a towel order?

“growl” towel price quote
number of towels ordered
cost per towel
first 20 towels
$5.00
for each towel over 20
$3.00
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Whenever you buy less than 20 towels, you will be billed $5 per towel, so this is the function that represents that:

Let’s call “x” the number of towels bought and “p” the price:

if x<20, p(x)= 5x

When you buy more than 20 towels, the price changes to $3 per towel, but not for all towels – only for the difference with respect to 20. For example, if you buy 21 towels, you will pay $5 for 20 towels and $3 for 1 towel. So this is the function that represents that calculus:

if x<20, p(x)=20*5+(x-20)*3=100+3(x-20)=100+3x-60=40+3x

And of course, x can never be negative…

So let’s put this information together:

p(x) =

5x; 0≤x≤20

3x+40;x>20

Or:

p(x) =

5x; 0≤x≤20

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