Question

HELP ASAP

You are having a conference call with the CEO of a paper company. You have
interpreted the number of trees cut down versus profit as the function P(x) :-X4+x²
+ 7x2 - x-6.
What are the x-intercepts? Show your work for finding these...
What is the y-intercept of the graph? Explain how you know.

Answer 1

Answer:A) 4 roots

b)(-2,0)(-1,0)(1,0)(3,0)

c)(0,-6)

d) down

Explanation:

a) there are 4 roots because the max power = the number of turns in a graph

b) plug in 0 for y and solve

c)plug in 0 for x

d)the largest exponent x^4 is negative and since it is even you start and end the opposite way and since it is negative it starts up and goes down