document.write( "Question 668949: Annual profit in thousands of dollars is given by the function, P(x) = -.1x2 + 50x - 300, where x is the number of items sold, x ≥ 0.\r
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Annual profit in thousands of dollars is given by the function,
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document.write( " P(x) = -.1x2 + 50x - 300, where x is the number of items sold, x ≥ 0.
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document.write( " the -300 would be the adjustments to the annual profits due to 'fixed cost'\r
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document.write( "that is to say if NO items were sold..there would be a loss of $300,000
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document.write( "and...solving -1x^2 + 50x - 300 = 0 would tell us how many need to be sold
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document.write( "to break even. \n" );
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