Question

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Answer 1

A company estimates its total profit (profit = total revenue minus total cost) as
P(x) = 2x5 − 3x4 − 5x2 − 2, where P is in thousands of dollars and x is the number of years elapsed since the company was founded. How many times can the total profit become exactly zero? Hint: Use Descartes's rule of signs.


2 or 0



5 or 3 or 1



3 or 1



1

Answer 2

@Decarr432

Answer 3

@MrNood

Answer 4

1

Answer 5

It's a fifth degree polynomial so it can have at most 5 and reduce by 2 for other posibilities