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Answer:
see attached
Step-by-step explanation:
You want a line that goes through (0, 0) and has a slope of 5. That means it will also go through (1, 5) and (2, 10), for example. I like the attached graphing tool because it will draw the graph directly from the equation.
You can only cut down a integer number of trees. So you might look at a few integer values for x. As x get large the –x4 term dominates the expression for big losses. x = 0 is easy P(x) = -6. Without cutting any trees you have lost money Put x = 1 and you get for the terms in order -1 + 1 + 7 -1 -6 = 0. So P(x) crosses zero just before you cut the first tree. So you make a profit on only 1 tree. However when x=10 you are back into no profit. So compute a few values for x = 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.
5 roach motels per square yd
A = L * W
A = 7 * 4
A = 21 square yds
so if they set out 5 roach motels per square yd, then they need to set out :
5 * 21 = 105 roach motels <==
(y2-y1)/(x2-x1) if you have 2 points
And rise/run on graph
