Question

The graph below shows a company's profit f(x), in dollars, depending on the price of goods x. in dollars, being sold by the

company:


Part A: What do the x-intercepts and maximum value of the graph represent?

Part B: What are the intervals
where the function is increasing and decreasing, and what do they represent about the sale and
profit?

Part C: What is an approximate average rate of change of the graph from x = 1 to x = 3, and what does this rate represent?

Answer 1

What do the x-intercepts and maximum value of the graph represent? The x-intercepts represent the points at the ground, so with that you have the width of the tunnel at ground level is 120 ft - 0 ft = 120

Explanation: