document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=29863>Question 29863</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The manager of a new company predicted that the company would lose $2250 its first month, $1950 its second month, and so on.  She furter redicted that this trend would continue and that the business would continue to impove by $300 each month.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) Identify the quadriatic equation in standard form that describes the net financial position as a function of months.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) In which month would the net finanicial position first become positive? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #16627 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><B>Nate(3500)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=16627\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you write the months and the dollars down on paper and add 300 everytime, you would get this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First month= -2250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Second= -1950 and so on and so on until....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eigth month= -150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ninth month= 150\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since you're increasing in your economic status the whole time, this would not be a parabola, but a linear line....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "should have a slope of (1/300)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "positive in the 8 month\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "*you might be missing information given* </SPAN>\n" );
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