ANSWER
D.
EXPLANATION
The given explicit formula is
and
This implies that,
The explicit formula is given by:
We substitute the known values to get;
1) Expression 1: 16x^3 y
2) Expression 2: 24 xy^5
Procedure:
1) find the greatest common factor of the coefficients, 16 and 24:
16 = 2^4
24 = (2^3)*3
=> greatest common factor = 2^3 = 8
2) find the greatest common factor of x^3 y and xy^5
That is the common letters each raised to the lowest power:
=> xy
3) Then, the result is 8xy
You multiply both of the equations until you have two of the same term the same like for example, say I have 4x and 5x. You want to multiply until both have the same number, so multiply 5x by four, then multiply 4x by five, and you will get 20x, then both of those cancel out and you will be left with the other variable, and you just solve like a normal equation.
Answer:
Price of widget to break even= $37.9
Step-by-step explanation:
We are told that the equation representing the amount of profit, y, made by the company, in relation to the selling price of each widget, x is;
y = -8x² + 348x - 1705
Now, the company will break even when it has made no profit. That is when, y = 0
Thus;
0 = -8x² + 348x - 1705
Rearranging,
8x² - 348x + 1705 = 0
Using quadratic formula ;
x = [-b ± √(b² - 4ac)]/2a
x = [-8 ± √(-348² - 4•1•1705)]/(2 x 8)
x = $5.63 or $37.87
We'll use $37.87 because it is the highest price for which no profit is made, and higher price means that we could sell least number of products to earn a certain amount of money.
We are told to approximate to nearest cent. Thus,
Price of widget = $37.87 ≈ $37.9
Noo........................b
