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1. Supposed your group is tasked to create an exploding box.

You found out that a box with no lid can be


made by cutting out squares from each corner of a rectangular piece of cardboard and folding up the
sides.
A particular piece of cardboard has a length of 20 cm and a width of 16 cm. The side length of a corner
square is x.
a) Derive a polynomial function that represents the volume of the box.

b) What is an appropriate domain for the volume function?

c) Draw the graph of the function.


d) What should be the side length of a corner square if the volume of the box is maximized?.

e) For what values of x is the volume of the box greater than 200 cm 3 ?
2. Three students share a birthday on the same day. Quinn and Ralph are the same age, but Audrey is
two years older. The product of their ages is 11548 greater than the sum of their ages. Now their
classmate wants to find out the age of each person mathematically.
a) Find polynomial functions that represent the age product and age sum

b) Write a polynomial equation that can be used to find the age of each person

c) Use a graphing calculator to solve the polynomial equation from part (b). How old is each
person?
3. The volume of air flowing into the lungs during a breath can be represented by the polynomial function
V(t) = -0.041t3 + 0.181t2 + 0.202t, where V is the volume in liters and t is the time in seconds.
a) Graph the Function

b) What is the maximum volume of air inhaled into the lung? At what time during the breath does
this occur?

c) How many seconds does it take for one complete breath?


4. A firm collects data on the amount it spends on advertising and the resulting revenue collected by the
firm. Both pieces of data are in thousands of dollars.

x (advertising cost) 0 5 15 20 25 30
R (revenue) 6347 6524 7591 8251 7623 7478

The data is plotted then fitted with the following second degree polynomial, where x is the amount
invested in thousands of dollars and R(x) is the amount of revenue earned by the firm (also in
thousands of dollars).
R(x) = −4.1x2 + 166.8x + 6196
Graph the polynomial function and then use the polynomial to estimate the firm’s revenue when
the firm invested $10,000 in advertising.

5. The table below lists the estimated number of aids cases in the United States for the years 1999- 2003.

Year 1999 2000 2002 2003


Aids Cases 41,356 41,267 41,289 43,171
The data is plotted then fitted with the following second degree polynomial, where t is the
number of years that have passed since 1998 and N(t) is the number of aids case reported t years
after 1998.
N(t) = 345.14t2 − 1705.7t + 42904

Graph the function and use the polynomial to estimate the number of AIDS cases in the year 2001.

6. The following table records the concentration (in milligrams per liter) of medication in a patient’s blood
after indicated times have passed.

Time (Hours) 0 0.5 1 1.5 2.5


Concentration (mg/L) 0 78.1 99.8 84.4 15.6

The data is plotted then fitted with the following second degree polynomial, where t is the
number of hours that have passed since taking the medication and C(t) is the concentration (in
milligrams per liter) of the medication in the patient’s blood after t hours have passed.

C(t) = −56.214t2 + 139.31t + 9.35

Graph the function and use the polynomial to estimate the the concentration of medication in the
patient’s blood 2 hours after taking the medication.
7. A department store has been open in a small town for 20 years. Its annual revenue can be mapped by
the function R = 0.01(t4-13t3+24t2-26t+64), where R is measured in millions of dollars and t is the
number of years since the department store opened. During which years did the department store
make 0.2 million dollars?

8. The average price of a gallon of gas at the beginning of each month for the period starting in
November 2010 and ending in May 2011 are given in the margin. A third degree polynomial function
demonstrates this, where t is the number of months that have passed since October of 2010. Figure
8.1 shows the varying price of a gallon of gas at the beginning of each month.
p(t) = −0.0080556t3 + 0.11881t2 − 0.30671t + 3.36
Figure 8.1

Month Price
Nov. 3.14
Dec. 3.21
Jan 3.31
Mar. 3.87
Apr. 4.06
May 4.26
Graph the function and then use the polynomial to estimate the price of a gallon of gas in California in
February 2011.
9. Crissele decided to sell snacks in school. She bought several packs of mik-mik milk powder ( x). After
one day, 5 packs were sold and she gained a profit ( P) of Php 15.00. If 6 packs will be sold, how much
will she gain? We can determine the profit by the polynomial function: P(x)= x 3-5x2+15

10. WilMartz company, a laptop manufacturer, determines that its profit ( P) in thousands of pesos, can be
modeled by the function P(x) =0.5x3-5x2+3x+2, where x represents the number of laptops sold. What
is the profit if x=150?
11. A fast-food store opened for 8 hours in a day. In that day, the number of customers served by the
store per hour can be mapped by the function C = -t 4+5t3-t2+35t+850, where C is the number of customers
and t is the number of hours since the store opened in that day. During which hours did the store sever 1000
customers?

12. A bullet is shot upwards and its trajectory can be mapped by the function H =-t 4+15t3-154t2+1650t-3840,
where H is measured in meters and t is the number of seconds since the bullet is shot. At which seconds did
the bullet reach the height of 1000 meters?

13. A website has been opened for 10 years. Its annual VIP registers can be mapped by the function V =
0.001(-t4+9t3-118t2+900t+198200), where V is measured in thousands of VIP registers and t is the number of
years since the website opened. During which years did it have 200 thousand VIP registers?
14. Tom has started to collected game cards for 12 months. His monthly collection can be mapped by the
function G = -t4+13t3-43t2+13t+48, where G is the number of game cards and t is the number of months
since he started the collection. During which months did Tom collect 90 game cards?

15. A cinema has been open for 5 years. Its annual revenue can be mapped by the function R = 0.00001(-
t4+5t3-1006t2+5000t+299400), where R is measured in millions of dollars and t is the number of years since
the cinema opened. During which years did the cinema make 3 million dollars?
#11Solve the equation 1000 = -t4+5t3-t2+35t+850 to get 0 = -t4+5t3-t2+35t-150. Graphing this with
a calculator, we can see that the real zeros of this function are at 3 and 5.

#12Solve the equation 1000= -t4+15t3-154t2+1650t-3840 to

get 0 = -t4+15t3-154t2+1650t-4840.
Graphing this with a calculator, we can see that the real zeros of this function are at 4 and 11.
#13 Solve the equation 200 = 0.001(-t4+9t3-118t2+900t+198200) to get 200000 = -t4+9t3-
118t2+900t+198200 and 0 = -t4+9t3-118t2+900t-1800.
Graphing this with a calculator, we can see that the real zeros of this function are at 3 and 6.
#14Solve the equation 90 = -t4+13t3-43t2+13t+48 to get 0 = -t4+13t3-43t2+13t-42. Graphing this
with a calculator, we can see that the real zeros of this function are at 6 and 7.

#15Solve the equation 3 = 0.000001(-t4+5t3-1006t2+5000t+299400) to

get 3000000 = -t4+5t3-1006t2+5000t+299400 and


0 = -t4+5t3-1006t2+5000t-6000.
Graphing this with a calculator, we can see that the real zeros of this function are at 2 and 3.

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