Total revenue is the total amount of money taken in by a business. An appliance firm determines that when it sells x washing machines, the total revenue, R, in dollars, is given by the polynomial R=234.42x-0.5^2. What is the total revenue from the sale of 129 washing machines?

Question

Total revenue is the total amount of money taken in by a business.  An appliance firm determines that when it sells x washing machines, the total revenue, R, in dollars, is given by the polynomial R=234.42x-0.5^2.  What is the total revenue from the sale of 129 washing machines?

amistre64 · Answer

x = 129....just plug it into your equation:

R = 234.42(129) - .5^2