Suppose a publishing company estimates that its monthly cost is C(x) = 600{x^2} + 300xC(x)=600x 2 +300x and its monthly revenue is R(x) = - 0.4{x^3} + 700{x^2} - 600x + 500R(x)=−0.4x 3 +700x 2 −600x+500, where x is in thousands of books sold. The profit is the difference between the revenue and the cost. What is the profit function, P(x)?

the answer is A,

P(x) = -0.4x³+100x²-900x+500

Step-by-step explanation:

monthly cost:

monthly revenue:

profit function:

i) remove the first bracket

ii) there is a negative sign, '-' in front of the second bracket. so, change the sign of each term of the expression inside the bracket

iii) collect like terms

iv) simply the like terms

answer: solve 5\cdot 2^x=2405⋅2  

x

=2405, dot, 2, start superscript, x, end superscript, equals, 240.

solution

to solve for xxx, we must first isolate the exponential part. to do this, divide both sides by 555 as shown below. we do not multiply the 555 and the 222 as this goes against the order of operations!

\begin{aligned} 5\cdot 2^x& =240 2^x& =48 \\ \end{aligned}  

5⋅2  

x

2  

x

​    

=240

=48

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step-by-step explanation: