SOLUTION: The daily profit, y hundred dollars, for a grocery with x employees is given by: y=-x^2+10x-20 In order to reach the maximum daily profit, how many employees should be hired? Henc

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Question 1038772: The daily profit, y hundred dollars, for a grocery with x employees is given by: y=-x^2+10x-20
In order to reach the maximum daily profit, how many employees should be hired? Hence, what is the maximum profit?
How to find x and y? Please help, thanks.

Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The vertex of a parabola of the form is at the point where and . When the lead coefficient is negative, the parabola opens downward and the vertex is a maximum.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it


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