Business Finance Homework Help

1. The revenue function of a fictional cable company can be modeled by the polynomial function:

R(t) = −0.037t⁴ + 1.414t³ − 19.777t² + 118.696t − 205.332

where R represents the revenue in millions of dollars and t represents the year, with t = 1 corresponding to 2001.

Using MS-Excel, create a graph of the Revenue Function and determine over which intervals is the revenue for the company increasing? Over which intervals is the revenue for the company decreasing?