The U.S. Maritime Administration estimated that the cost per ton of building an oil tanker could be represented by the model y=104,000/x+235 where y is the cost in dollars per ton and x is the tons (in thousands). What size of oil tanker (in thousands of tons) can be built for $350 per ton? a. 62 thousand tons b. 6 thousand tons c. 532 thousand tons d. 178 thousand tons

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(c)

substitute x = 350 into the equation for y

y = [tex]\frac{104000}{350}[/tex] + 235 ≈ 532 000