SOLUTION: The profit, P earned by a small business each year can be modeled to fit the polynomial function P(y)=10y^3-50y^2+20y+100,000, where y is the number of years since 1990. Did the co

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Question 1058748: The profit, P earned by a small business each year can be modeled to fit the polynomial function P(y)=10y^3-50y^2+20y+100,000, where y is the number of years since 1990. Did the company's profits increase or decrease in 1995 compared to 1994?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Is positive or negative?



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is positive, so profits
increased from 1994 to 1995
check my math

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