Awoodworker makes wooden checkerboards. her profit is a function of the
price she charges. this graph shows her total profits, y, based on the sales
price, x, of each checkerboard.
identify any zeros of the function, and interpret what the zeros mean in terms
of the situation.
1000
profit ($)
+-500
/
2017
selling price ($)
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a. zero: x= 35. this is the selling price that will give her the greatest
profit.
o
b. zeros: x = 10 and x 60. these are the prices at which she makes
the least and greatest amounts of profit.
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c. zero: y = 1250. this is the maximum amount of profit she can
make.
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d. zeros: x= 10 and x = 60. these are the prices at which she neither
makes nor loses money.