The polynomial −3x2 + 300x represents the budget surplus of the town of Alphaville for the year 2010. Alphaville's surplus in 2011 can be modeled by −1.5x2 + 100x. If x represents the yearly tax revenue in thousands, enter a polynomial for how much Alphaville's budget surplus increased from 2010 to 2011. If Alphaville took in $550,000 in tax revenue in 2011, what was the budget surplus that year? 1) The surplus increased by (answer)
2) Alphaville's budget surplus was $(answer) thousand, or $ (answer) million.