An entrepreneur estimates that the total profit (profit = total revenue minus total cost) from his proposed company will be given by the function p(x) = x3 – 4x2 + 3x – 12, where p is in hundreds of dollars and x is the number of years elapsed after the company starts operations. in how many years (x) will the company break even (no profit, no loss)?

B

Step-by-step explanation:

part a

x     y

0     8

1     7.5

2     7

3     6.5

4     6

5     5.5  

for every hour i deducted .5 inches from the length of the candle

part b

it is a function because for every x value there is only one y value

part   c

for every x value there is only one y value

x       y

0       8

1       7.6

2       7.2

3       6.8

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation :

we know that

the measurement of the outer angle is the semi-difference of the arcs which comprises

in this problem

m< xzy is the outer angle

substitute the values

the measure of angle xoy is equal to

> by central angle

substitute the value