The function

is a parabola concave up, whose solutions are

from here, you can use the quadratic formula

to find that the solutions of the parabola are 
So, the parabola is positive if
(which wouldn't make sense in our case) or 
So, if Tanya caters 25 meals she breaks even, and starting with the 26th meal she will begin to profit.
Lowest Common Denominator refers to lowes t common multiple. These expressions have two terms 'x' and 'y' and we want to choose the expression that has the highest power such that the other expressions can be multiplied into the common denominator.
For the 'x' term, the highest power is x⁴ and for the 'y' term, the highest power is y⁵
Common denominator of A, B, C, and D: x⁴y⁵
Answer:
15 (3+1)
Step-by-step explanation:
Hope this helps :)