Question 450554
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Hi,
Annual profit in 'thousands of dollars' is given by the function, P(x)=12x-100
where 'x is the number of items sold in thousands', x greater than or equal to 10.
As it pertains to business:
 the $12 is the profit for each x-thousands of items sold)
 the 100(or $100,000 would be the cost of doing business)
Note P(8) = 12*8-100 =  -4 (or a loss of $4000)
3. Find the profit for 5 different values of x
P(10) = 12*10-100 = 20  Pt(10,20)
P(12) = 12*12-100 = 44  Pt(12,44)
P(16) = 12*16 - 100 = 92 etc