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p=-100^2 + 4500x - 46,001
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A company that manufactures mountain bikes makes a daily profit p according to the equation p=-100x^2+4500x-46,001, where p is measured in dollars and x is the number of mountain bikes made per day. Find the number of mountain bikes that must be made each day to produce a zero profit for the company.
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You need to use the quadratic formula to find the zeros (x-intercepts). Do you know how to use it? Anyway, I did it for you and found the x-intercepts to be x = 44.98 and x = 0.01. Therefore, you'd need to make 45 bikes.
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