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6. Graphical Applications of Derivatives - Part 2 of 2!
6. Graphical Applications of Derivatives / Curve Sketching / Problem 5
Problem 5

Mark owns an electric vehicle with a dashboard monitor that displays the driving range based on battery charge. The number of miles you can drive with cc kWh of battery charge remaining is given as r(c)=60c30.5c2+14.2c32.1c4r\(\left\)(c\(\right\))=60c-30.5c^2+14.2c^3-2.1c^4 for 0c3.50\(\le\) c\(\le\)3.5. Graph the function using a calculator and interpret the driving range function r(c)r\(\left\)(c\(\right\)).