Steph makes scones in three flavours: cheese, fruit and plain. She makes: • 4 times as many fruit scones as cheese scones, • 3 t
imes as many plain scones as cheese scones. She sells each scone for the same price. She makes a total of £96 from the sale of all the scones. How much does she make from the sale of the plain scones?
Step-by-step explanation Equation at the end of step 2 : 4x 2 - 2x - 1 = 0 Step 3 : Parabola, Finding the Vertex : 3.1 Find the Vertex of y = 4x 2-2x-1 Parabolas have a highest or a lowest point called the Vertex . Our parabola opens up and accordingly has a lowest point (AKA absolute minimum)
