Question

Currently, an employee can assemble on average, x amount of masks per hour. An INDLS student makes twice as many N95 Masks as the average employee (2x). A public school student makes 1 less than average (x-1). The product of the two employees’ output equals 12 masks per hour.
Using complete sentences:

1. State the function f(x)

2. Show the function in factored form

3. Find the zeros

4. Which zero or zeros make since in this context?

5. Explain each item and show all work.

Answer 1

The correct answers is 45 masks per hour