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Westside Energy charges its electric customers a base rate of $4.00 per month, plus 12¢ per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for the first 300 kWh used and 3¢ per kWh for all usage over 300 kWh. Suppose a customer uses x kWh of electricity in one month.
(a) Express the monthly cost E as a piecewise defined function of x. (Assume E is measured in dollars.)
E(x) =
A. if 0 ≤ x ≤ 300
B. if 300 < x
C. (b) Graph the function E for 0 ≤ x ≤ 600.