SOLUTION: The manager of a bicycle shop has found that the revenue (in dollars) from the sale of x bicycles is given by the following equation: R=x^2-200x how many bicycles must be so

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Question 4874: The manager of a bicycle shop has found that the revenue (in dollars) from the
sale of x bicycles is given by the following equation:
R=x^2-200x
how many bicycles must be sold to produce the revenue of $12,500.
Show each step of math, and write explanation describing steps followed to arrive
at answer and these steps were chosen.

Answer by ichudov(507)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
when they say "revenue from x^2-200x is 12,500", they are asking you to write an equation
, which is the same as

that's a quadratic equation that you can solve with a quadratic equation solver, like the one on algebra.com.

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