1. The cost, in millions of dollars, to remove x % of pollution in a lake modeled by

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did it look like this:
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1237825221
or like this:
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1276998713

To get the cost, in millions of dollars, to remove x% of pollution in a lake, we need a model to work with. Could you please provide the specific model or equation?