$30 because if you add 30 to those numbers it would give you the next months amount.
The axis of symmetry of a quadratic function

is given by the equation

, where h is the x-coordinate of the vertex and is equal to

.
1.

2.

3.

The functions ranked from least to greatest based on their axis of symmetry: h(x), f(x), g(x).
We are given :

Step 1: factor the part inside square root
The function given inside square root is of quadratic form.
So let us try to factorise it using AC method.
Here A*C = 4*25 = 100
so we have to find factors of 100 that add up to give -20.
the two factors are -10 and -10.
Rewriting the function :

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Step 2:
Now we take square root of the factorised form

= 
Answer : (2x-5)
The solution for this problem would be:
f'(x) = 1 - 1/x^2 = (x^2 - 1)/x^2
is positive where |x| > 1
hence (-inf, -1) and (1, inf) are the regions in which f' is positive and therefore f is increasing.
Therefore, the answer is (-infinity,-1] U [1,infinity).