An entrepreneur estimates that the total profit (profit = total revenue minus total cost) from his proposed company will be given by the function p(x) = x3 – 4x2 + 3x – 12, where p is in hundreds of dollars and x is the number of years elapsed after the company starts operations. in how many years (x) will the company break even (no profit, no loss)?

Acircular garden with radius of 8 feet is surrounded by a circular path with a width of 3 feet. what is the approximate area of the path alone? use 3.14 for π

Jessie and bob are financing $425,500 to purchase a house. they obtained a 30/8 balloon mortgage at 6.55%. what will their balloon payment be?

Juanita wade's new car has an msrp of $28,902.11 including title and processing fees. the premier package which includes surround sound and dvd player costs three times the amount of the in-style package which includes leather seats and select wheels. the total cost of her new car was $34,290.08 which included the 6.5% sales tax. find the cost of the premier package to the nearest cent.