Annual profit in thousands of dollars is given by the function, P(x) = -.1x^2 + 50x - 300, where x is the number of items sold, x ≥ 0. what is the meaning of "-.1"?

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luffingsails · Answer

CC,

-.1 is a coefficient. It is the same concept as the number 50 in the 50x term later in your equation. In order to evaluate it, you would first calculate the X-squared term and then multiply the result by -.1.

Make sense?

anonymous · Answer

yes i think so. i think i may just be over thinking the problem. our tutor made it seem as though the -.1 has some sort of major significance in the overall equation, but in reality its just a given coefficient as you said. Thank you =)

luffingsails · Answer

::thumbs:: Cool. Yeah, sometimes it is easy to be thrown off by weird numbers.

anonymous · Answer

does 300 represent the cost of something?