For the equation .. x - y = 4 you can divide by 4 to put the equation into intercept form. This form shows you both interecepts at once. .. x/4 +y/(-4) = 1
The x-intercept is (4, 0). The y-intercept is (0, -4).
Let , where is the quantity of insecticide, measured in hundreds of liters, and is the total manufacturing cost as a function of the quantity of the insecticide, measured in US dollars. A possible approach to determine which regions of are decreasing and increasing by means of the first derivative and graphing tools. The first derivative of the function is:
(1)
Please notice that regions where C(x) is increasing has , whereas when .
We notice that is increasing in two regions: (i) and (ii) . Besides, decreases in .