Bob's Skate Shop had a profit of $3,563 during the month of August. The company models its profit using p=x^2+10x-12 where x is
the number of skateboards the company sells. How many skateboards did the company sell during the month of August?
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Answer:
R300
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>To solve:</u>
- Multiply 25 by 6 to represent the earnings of a shift.
- Multiply the shift earnings by 2 to represent how much he earned over the weekend.
<u>Multiply</u><u> </u><u>25 by 6:</u>
<u>Multiply 150 by 2:</u>
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Joe will earn R300 over the weekend,
To find the y-intercept, simply set the value of x equal to 0, and solve for y, or f(x).
f(x) = 0^2 - 3(0) - 40
f(x) = -40
<h3>The y-intercept is -40.</h3>Because this is a 2nd degree polynomial, we cannot find the x-intercepts in one step, and must instead use one of a few different methods.
In this case, we're going to use the quadratic formula:
Plug in the values.
3 +/- √(-3^2 + 160) / 2
3 +/- √169 / 2
3 +/- 13 / 2
(3 + 13) / 2 = 16 / 2 = 8
(3 - 13) = -10 / 2 = -5
<h3>The x intercepts are 8, and -5.</h3>