Glad you asked this question! Over the years of working with my professor we learned that if phs= 5 (constant) times the j to the power of 2 you will get the formula or polynomialic equation. It quite fascinating and due to using his equation the answer in fact is "c". Cheers
- 9 x * ( x - 1 ) + ( - x ) * ( - 3 x + 4 ) =
= - 9 x² + 9 x - x * ( - 3 x + 4 ) =
= - 9 x² + 9 x + 3 x² - 4 x =
= - 9 x² + 3 x² + 9 x - 4 x =
= - 6 x² + 5 x
-7x .........................
The original equation: 8(5.95)+8(4)+8(3.60)+8(2.25)= $126.4
To answer the question you should add all of the numbers within the parenthesis together: 5.95+4+3.60+2.25= $15.8
Then multiply that answer times the total number of people: 8(15.8)= $126.4
