SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem!!! A market researcher predicted that the profit function for the first year of a new business would be P(x)=-0.3x^2+3x-15, where x is b

Question 122747: Please help me solve this word problem!!!

A market researcher predicted that the profit function for the first year of a new business would be P(x)=-0.3x^2+3x-15, where x is based on the number of items produced. Will it be possible for the business to break even in its first year?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A market researcher predicted that the profit function for the first year of a new business would be P(x)=-0.3x^2+3x-15, where x is based on the number of items produced. Will it be possible for the business to break even in its first year?
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No because P(x) is negative for all values of "x":

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Cheers,
Stan H.
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