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Corporate profits. The equation P = – 0.5t2 – 3t + 8 describes the monthly profits (in mil...

Corporate profits. The equation P = – 0.5t2 – 3t + 8 describes the monthly profits (in millions of dollars) of ABCD Corp. for the year 2012, with t = 0 representing July 2012.

a. How much profit did the corporation make in March 2012?


b. How much profit did the corporation make in October 2012?


c. Sketch the graph of the equation.


d. Find the t-intercepts. What do they represent?


e. Find the P-intercept. What does it represent?

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