A company's total revenue R(in millions of dollars) is related to its expenses by the equation R=4x^3-16x^2+12x, where x is the amount of expenses (in tens of thousands of dollars). What values of x will produce zero revenue?

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anonymous · Answer

@Hero or @robtobey can you please help me with this problem.

anonymous · Answer

$$R=0=4x ^{3}-16x ^{2}+ 12x = 4x(x ^{2}-4x+3) = 0$$

anonymous · Answer

So are they just basically asking for the zero's? I got {0,1,3}

anonymous · Answer

Yes! Tada! It's just a tricky way of asking!

anonymous · Answer

Oh okay haha thanks! Yeah I understood once you took out the GCF! Makes sense now!

anonymous · Answer

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