The cost of telephone plan for one minute is 0.10 dollars.
\The total cost of telephone plan must be a multiple of 0.10 dollars, so the graph will be the graph of a step function.
\If the time spent on talking is greater than 0 minutes, but less than or equal to 1 minute, then the cost of telephone plan is 0.10 dollars.
\If the time is greater than 1 minute, but less than or equal to 2 minutes, then the cost of telephone plan is dollars.
The cost of telephone plan for 3 minutes is dollars, and so on.
Therefore equation for the total the cost of telephone plan for x minutes is .
Use the pattern of times and cost to make a table, where x is the number of minutes and C(x) is the total cost of telephone plan.
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To draw the step function follow the steps.
\1. Draw a coordinate plane.
\2. Plot the points on the coordinate plane.
\3. Then sketch the line segments, connecting the every two points (one dot point and one circle point) with a smooth line.
\Note: A dot means that the point is include in the graph and a circle means that the point is not included in the graph.
The step function graph is