document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1133343>Question 1133343</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with this question. I have looked at an example but cant seem to plug the numbers in correctly.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " A hospital’s revenue (in millions of dollars) is projected to be R(x) = 3x2  -  7x + 1 and its costs (in millions of dollars) are projected to be  C(x) = 2x2 + 12x + 14 where x represents the number of years into the future.   a. Create the profit function for the hospital. b. What is the average rate of change in the profit from year 3 to year 5? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know that I am suppose to put Revenue minus the Profit\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need help with this in two days its due! Thank you! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope you don't really mean what you say.  Profit is the difference between what you make (revenue) and what your costs are (cost).  So profit = revenue minus cost.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You are given the revenue and cost functions; build the profit function P(x) by subtracting the cost function from the revenue function.  (Watch your signs when doing the subtraction!)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the second part, the average rate of change in the profit from year 3 to year 5 is the difference in profit between year 3 and year 5 (P(5)-P(3)), divided by the number of years from year 3 to year 5 (5-3=2). </SPAN>\n" );
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