Piecewise function - ice cream parlor math question

Question

Every weekend, Freezing Point ice cream parlor offers a make-your-own sundae on Sunday special. Customers pay a minimum price of $8.00 for up to 6 ounces of ice cream and toppings, and 50 cents per ounce for each additional ounce over 6 ounces. The cost, C, of the customer’s sundae can be modeled as a function of the total weight, X, in ounces.

Express C as a piecewise function

C(x){________ if _________

C(x){________ if _________

Answer 1

C(x) = 8 + (1/2)(X-6) if X>6

C(x) = 8 if X<6