A company's profit is linearly related to the number of items the company sells. Profit, P, is a function of the number of items sold, x. If the company sells 4000 items, its profit is $10,200. If the company sells
5000 items, its profit is $13,500.
Find an equation for P(x).
P(x) =
Use your equation to determine the profit if the company sells 5860 items.

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step-by-step explanation:

since the sequence is geometric there is a common ratio r between consecutive terms, that is

r = 4 ÷ - 2 = - 2

r = - 8 ÷ 4 = - 2

r = 16 ÷ 8 = - 2

the next term - 13 must be incorrect as it should be - 32 for the sequence to be geometric.

the first 4 terms are therefore geometric with common ratio r = - 2

(3x-8) or (3x+8)

step-by-step explanation:

2y+y=5

add 2y and y