Question: National Supermarkets is selling ground beef this week at the following prices:
2.00/lb (packages less than three pounds)
1.00/lb (packages of three pounds or more)
[A] Sketch the graph of this function
[B] How much money does a shopper save if he buys one 3 pound package instead of three 1 pound packages? Where does the saving appear on your graph?
[C] Compute the function that describes the cost if a package, as a function of X, the number of pounds of ground beefs in the package.