Question

A certain skincare company's profit in millions of dollars, P(t), can be modeled by the polynomial function P(t) = –2t3 + 8t2 + 2t, where t represents the number of skincare items produced, in thousands. Today, the company produces 4 thousand products for a profit of $8 million. According to the graph of the function, what other quantity of product would result in the same profit?
1 thousand
2 thousand
3 thousand
5 thousand

Answer 1

The quantity of product that would result in the same profit is 1 thousand. Option A

How to determine the function

Given the polynomial function as;

P(t) = –2t³ + 8t² + 2t

Where;

• P(t) is the company's profit = $8 million
• t is the number of skincare profit

Let's equate the values

–2t³ + 8t² + 2t = 8

–2t³ + 8t² + 2t - 8 = 0

Factorize the expression

(-2t³ + 8t²) + ( 2t -8) = 0

- t² ( 2t - 8) + (2t -8) = 0

We take the similar factor

2t - 8 = 0

2t = 8

t = 8/2

t = 4

But we have that the company produced 4 thousand products for $8 million profit, so we have

= 4/ 4

= 1 thousand

Thus, the quantity of product that would result in the same profit is 1 thousand. Option A

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