Question

need to know how to solve this please! It's a study guide, not homework.
If P(t) represents the profit my company makes t months after I open business, then what does k represent in each of these?
A.) P(3.5)=k
B.) P(k)=50,000

Answer 1

If \(\rm P(t~months)\) represents the profit after \(\rm t~months\),
Then what does \(\rm P(3.5~months)\) represent?

Answer 2

it represents the profit after t months? I'm not sure how to set the equation up

Answer 3

But there is no t in P(3.5).

Answer 4

I though 3.5 was t

Answer 5

Lemme try asking this again...
If \(\rm P(t~months)\) represents profit after `t` months,
then \(\rm P(3.5~months)\) represents `?`

Answer 6

so p(3.5 months) represents t? I'm sorry I'm really confused :(

Answer 7

:c

Answer 8

If \(\rm P(\color{orangered}{t})\) represents profit after \(\rm \color{orangered}{t~months}\),
then \(\rm P(\color{orangered}{3.5})\) represents profit after \(\rm \color{orangered}{3.5~months}\).

Answer 9

okay so it just represents the profit then??

Answer 10

after 3.5 months

Answer 11

P(3.5)=k
Yes, k is the same as P(3.5).
So k represents the profit the company made 3.5 months after opening.

Answer 12

What about the other one?
It's sort of the opposite type of thing going on.
Hmm

Answer 13

Any ideas?

Answer 14

so it's not asking for a number or anything?

Answer 15

No. It just wants an explanation.

Answer 16

so k on the second one just would be how many months after opening?

Answer 17

Yes, `k months`, but let's connect it to the 50000 somehow.

P(k) = 50000.
So 50000 is the profit ... `?`

Answer 18

k is the number of months after opening that it took to make a profit of 50,000

Answer 19

does that make sense or no

Answer 20

Yayyy good job \c:/

Answer 21

thank you so much!!

Answer 22

np