A manufacturing company wants to keep their revenue positive. The equation for represents their cost, where represents the time in months. The equation for represents their profit. The equation for represents their revenue. a. Write an equation to represent the profit. b. Identify the degree, leading coefficient, leading term, and constant of the profit equation. c. Factor the polynomial. d. Solve the equation to determine the values where the company will break even.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.