The zero product property tells us that if the product of two or more factors is zero, then each one of these factors CAN be zero.
For more context let's look at the first equation in the problem that we can apply this to:

Through zero property we know that the factor

can be equal to zero as well as

. This is because, even if only one of them is zero, the product will immediately be zero.
The zero product property is best applied to
factorable quadratic equations in this case.
Another factorable equation would be

since we can factor out

and end up with

. Now we'll end up with two factors,

and

, which we can apply the zero product property to.
The rest of the options are not factorable thus the zero product property won't apply to them.
Year Net Profit
1 <span>$14,250.00
2 $15,390.00
3 $16,621.20
4 $17,950.90</span>2
We need to get the increase of the net profit of the current year from the previous year.
Percentage increase = (Current year - Previous Year)/ Previous Year * 100%
Year 2: (15,390 - 14, 250) / 14,250 * 100% = 0.08 * 100% = 8%
Year 3: (16,621.20 - 15,390) / 15,390 * 100% = 0.08 * 100% = 8%
Year 4: (17,950.90 - 16,621.20) / 16,621.20 * 100% = 0.08 * 100% = 8%
Every year the net income increases by 8%. So, the net income in Year 5 will be:
17,950.90 x 1.08 = 19,386.97 Choice D.
Answer:
7 cups of flour
reason:
to find how much flour is needed, first you need to combine the two fractions.
to add the fractions, you first have to find a common denominator, which in this case is 15
multiply 1/5 by 3 to get 3/15, and 2/3 by 5 to get 10/15. combined, this is 13/15
since the answer is looking for the best estimate, you take the overall amount of flour, which would be 6 13/15, which is closer to 7 cups than 6
(I may be wrong this is just how I did it)