you are having a meeting with the CEO of a technology company. you have interpreted the number of laptops produced versus profit as the function p(x) = x^4 - 3x^3 - 8x^2 + 12x + 16. Describe to theCEO what the graph looks like. focus on the end behaviors of the graph and where the company will break even (where p(x) = 0).

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anonymous · Answer

@RadEn

raden · Answer

find the solution for x ?

raden · Answer

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+x^4+-+3x^3+-+8x^2+%2B+12x+%2B+16+%3D+0

anonymous · Answer

how would i right the answer?

anonymous · Answer

i think its that it goes positive infinity

raden · Answer

oh, yes x's must be positive :)
so, 2 and 4 are the solutions when p(x) = 0

anonymous · Answer

ok so my official answer would be

the graph opens upward and extends to positive infinity. the company will break even when x = 2 and when x = 4.

anonymous · Answer

is that correct?