A fruit company recently released a new applesauce. By the end of its first year, profits on this product amounted to $37,000.
The anticipated profit for the end of the fourth year is $68,200. After the first year, the ratio of change in time to change in profit is constant. Let x be years and P be profit in dollars. a. Write a linear function P(x) that expresses profit as a function of time. P(x)=