A city's main well was recently found to be contaminated with trichloroethylene (a cancer-causing chemical) as a result of an abandoned chemical dump leaching chemicals into the water. A proposal submitted to the city council indicated that the cost, measured in millions of dollars, of removing x% of the toxic pollutants is given by . Find the vertical asymptote of C(x). Is it possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water?
A) Vertical asymptote: x = 0.4 It is possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water
B) Vertical asymptote: x = 0.4 It is not possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water
C) Vertical asymptote: x = 100 It is not possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water
D) Vertical asymptote: x = 100 It is possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water

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A city's main well was recently found to be contaminated with trichloroethylene (a cancer-causing chemical) as a result of an abandoned chemical dump leaching chemicals into the water. A proposal submitted to the city council indicated that the cost, measured in millions of dollars, of removing x% of the toxic pollutants is given by  . Find the vertical asymptote of C(x). Is it possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water?
A) Vertical asymptote: x = 0.4 It is possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water 
B) Vertical asymptote: x = 0.4 It is not possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water 
C) Vertical asymptote: x = 100 It is not possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water 
D) Vertical asymptote: x = 100 It is possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water

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The Answer of A city's main well was recently found to be contaminated with trichloroethylene (a cancer-causing chemical) as a result of an abandoned chemical dump leaching chemicals into the water. A proposal submitted to the city council indicated that the cost, measured in millions of dollars, of removing x% of the toxic pollutants is given by  . Find the vertical asymptote of C(x). Is it possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water?
A) Vertical asymptote: x = 0.4 It is possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water 
B) Vertical asymptote: x = 0.4 It is not possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water 
C) Vertical asymptote: x = 100 It is not possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water 
D) Vertical asymptote: x = 100 It is possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water

A City's Main Well Was Recently Found to Be Contaminated