Answer:
Increasing
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's see what happens if we choose a value for b greater than 1.
Let's try b=2.
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I'm going to keep increasing x. If y increases, the the function is increasing. If y decreases, the function is decreasing.
Let's start with x=1.

Now x=2.

The y's got higher as you increased x so the function is increasing.
Ok so assume that if you have
xy=0 then x and y=0
-1/4(x^2-4x+3)>0
multiply both sides by -4 to clear fraction (-4/-4=1)
flip sign
x^2-4x+3<0
factor
(x-3)(x-1)<0
we know that (+) times (-)=(-) and
(-) times (-)=(+) so we don't want them to be both negative, we want different sign
we cannnot have 3 since it would be (0)(2)<0 which is false
we cannot have 1 either since (-2)(0)<0 is also false
lets see if the solution is in betwen 3 and 1 or outside of 3 and 1
ltry 2
2^3-4(2)+3<0
8-8+3<0
3<0
false
therefor it is outside ie
x>3 and x<1
...... ....as i said,b = 17
Answer:
the probability is 1/6, or 16.6%
$85 ÷ 5 = 17
You have to sell 17 more friendship bracelets to get $85