Acompany estimates its total profit (profit = total revenue minus total cost) as
p(x) = 2x5 − 3x4 − 5x2 − 2, where p is in thousands of dollars and x is the number of years elapsed since the company was founded. how many times can the total profit become exactly zero?

Which equation shows y= 3 4 x− 5 2 in standard form? a 4x−3y=10 b 3x−4y=10 c 3x−4y=−10 d 4x−3y=−10

Given are five observations for two variables, x and y. xi 1 2 3 4 5 yi 3 7 5 11 14 which of the following is a scatter diagrams accurately represents the data? what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? try to approximate the relationship betwen x and y by drawing a straight line through the data. which of the following is a scatter diagrams accurately represents the data? develop the estimated regression equation by computing the values of b 0 and b 1 using equations (14.6) and (14.7) (to 1 decimal). = + x use the estimated regression equation to predict the value of y when x = 4 (to 1 decimal). =

Norder to get a certain shade of blue paint, a mixer must have 5 parts white paint to 3 parts blue. if 4 gallons of paint must be mixed, how many gallons of white paint must be used?