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The cost of parking for first hour is 2 dollars.

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The increasing value of charge for each additional hour is 1 dollar.

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The total parking charge must be a add of 2 dollars, so the graph will be the graph of a step function.

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If the time spent on parking is greater than 0 hours, but less than or equal to 1 hour, then the cost of parking is 2 dollars.

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If the time is greater than 1 hour, but less than or equal to 2 hours, then the cost of parking is \"\" dollars.

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The cost of parking for third hour is \"\" dollars, and so on.\"\"

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