An interior designer wants to decorate a newly constructed house. The function f (x) = 25x2 – 100 represents the amount of money he earns per room decorated, where x represents the number of rooms he designs. The function g(x) = 1/5x  represents the number of rooms the interior designer decorates, where x is the number of hours he works.Part A: Determine the amount of money the interior designer will make decorating the house as a function of hours he works. Part B: If the newly constructed house requires 40 hours of work, how much will the interior designer earn? Show all necessary calculations. Part C: Determine an expression to represent the difference quotient for the function found in Part A. Show all necessary work.

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An interior designer wants to decorate a newly constructed house. The function f (x) = 25x2 – 100 represents the amount of money he earns per room decorated, where x represents the number of rooms he designs. The function g(x) = 1/5x  represents the number of rooms the interior designer decorates, where x is the number of hours he works.

Part A: Determine the amount of money the interior designer will make decorating the house as a function of hours he works.

Part B: If the newly constructed house requires 40 hours of work, how much will the interior designer earn? Show all necessary calculations.

Part C: Determine an expression to represent the difference quotient for the function found in Part A. Show all necessary work.

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