Given:
The Revenue function R(x):
The cost function C(x) :
Solution
1. Profit is the difference between the revenue and the cost. Hence, the Profit function P(x) is:
2. The vertical intercept of P(x) can be obtained by substituting x =0 into P(x)
Ordered Pair : (0, -1240)
If the company sells no items, they would lose $ 1240