Reference no: EM131559679

Question: TOXIC WASTE A city's main well was recently found to be contaminated with trichloroethylene, a cancer-causing chemical, as a result of an abandoned chemical dump leaching chemicals into the water. A proposal submitted to city council members indicates that the cost, measured in millions of dollars, of removing x% of the toxic pollutant is given by

C(x) =    0.5x         (0 < x < 100)
          100 - x

a. Find the cost of removing 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, and 95% of the pollutant.

b. Evaluate

and interpret your result.