Question

A video goes viral on social media, the number of views per day can be modeled with the equation y = -0.75x² +9.75x where is the number of days after the video is posted and y is the number of views per day in thousands. According to the model, after how many days do people stop watching the video?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

To find when people stop watching the video, we need to find the maximum point of the quadratic function y = -0.75x² + 9.75x.

The x-coordinate of the maximum point of a quadratic function can be found using the formula x = -b/2a, where a and b are the coefficients of the quadratic function.

Using the formula with a = -0.75 and b = 9.75, we get:

x = -9.75 / 2(-0.75)

x = -9.75 / -1.5

x = 6.5

Therefore, the maximum number of views per day will occur on the 6.5th day after the video was posted.

To determine when people stop watching the video, we need to check the values of y after this point.

When x > 6.5, the quadratic function becomes negative, which means that the number of views per day will start to decrease. Therefore, people stop watching the video after 6.5 days (or sometime around the 7th day).