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A certain toll station on a highway has 7 tollbooths, and each tollbooth collects $0.75 from each vehicle that passes it. From 6 o'clock yesterday morning to 12 o'clock midnight, vehicles passed each of the tollbooths at the average rate of 4 vehicles per minute. Approximately how much money did the toll station collect during that time period?A. $1,500B. $3,000C. $11,500D. $23,000E. $30,000

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The total amount collected during the given time period is $23,000. (Option D)

The total amount collected by the toll station is a cost function of number of vehicles and cost generated by each vehicle to pass the toll station on a highway.

The cost of one vehicle to pass the highway which has 7 tollbooths at cost $0.75 per tollbooth = 7*0.75 = $ 5.25

Hence the function is given by y = 5.25x where y is the total cost and x is the number of vehicles.

At an average rate of 4 vehicles per minute, the number of vehicles per hour = 240 vehicles per hour

The time duration between 6 o’clock yesterday morning to 12 o'clock midnight = 18 hours

Hence, the number of vehicles during the period = 18*240 = 4,320

The total cost is given as:

y = 4,320 * 5.25 = $22, 680 ≈ $23,000.

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