Question

The projected profit (in thousands of dollars) of a footwear manufacturing company is modeled by the function f(x) = x2 – 2x – 8 where x is the number of pairs of shoes produced (in thousands). What is the minimum number of shoes that the company needs to produce to avoid a loss?

Answer 1

It doesn't show us expenses or anything so I assume to avoid a loss and break even the equation would just have to equal 0? \[0 = x^2-2x-8\] This looks like it factors nicely, let me know what you get when you factor it.