document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=122747>Question 122747</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this word problem!!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "No because P(x) is negative for all values of \"x\":<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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