A Haberdashery Conducts an Exhaustive Analysis and Calculates Their Profit

question 1

Multiple Choice

A haberdashery conducts an exhaustive analysis and calculates their profit function as 4x² + 3x - 57. What is their fixed cost?

• A)4
• B)4x²
• C)57
• D)3x

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