Question

lori finds her company's profit by subtracting the company's costs from its revenue. the profit loris company is represented by the expression 20x^2+2x+12. if its revenue is modeled by the expression 35x^2-2x+17, what is the companys costs?

Answer 1

Company cost is equal to
`33x^2-4x+5`

Explanation:

It is given that profit of the company can by found by subtracting revenue from company cost.

The expression for the profit is given as,

`2x^2+2x+12`

Expression for revenue is given as ,

`35x^2-2x+17`

According to question

Profit = revenue - company cost

Therefore,

`2x^2+2x+12=35x^2-2x+17-company\ cost`

`company\ cost=33x^2-4x+5`

Therefore company cost is equal to
`33x^2-4x+5`