Todd is attempting to predict how much money his furniture company will make based on the amount raw materials the company currently has at its disposal. The average profit from the sale of 1 piece of furniture can be expressed as 3x + 1 and the average number of pieces of furniture that can be made using the current supply of raw materials can be expressed as 3x - 1. What polynomial function can Todd use to calculate the average profit?

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Kaya Kerr

8 February, 06:19

Todd is attempting to predict how much money his furniture company will make based on the amount raw materials the company currently has at its disposal. The average profit from the sale of 1 piece of furniture can be expressed as 3x + 1 and the average number of pieces of furniture that can be made using the current supply of raw materials can be expressed as 3x - 1. What polynomial function can Todd use to calculate the average profit?

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Sidney Thomas · Answer 1

Average profit from the sale of 1 piece of furniture = 3x + 1 Average number of pieces of furniture that can be made using current supply of raw materials = 3x - 1. Therefore, Average profit of total furniture = Average profit X Average total of furniture sold = (3x + 1) X (3x - 1) = 9x^2 - 1