Profits An investment services company experienced dramatic growth in the last two decades. The following models for the company’s revenue R and expenses or costs C (both in millions of dollars) are functions of the years past 1990.
Use these models in Problems 47 and 48.
Use the models to find how long before the company’s profit reaches $500 million.
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