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Question

A pizza shop owner is monitoring the amount of cheese he uses each week. The polynomials

below model the pounds of cheese ordered in the past, where p represents pounds.

Mozzarella: 3p^3 − 6p^2 + 14p + 125

Cheddar: 12.5p^2 + 18p + 75

Write a polynomial that represents the total number of pounds of cheese that was ordered.

Answer 1

The polynomial that represents the total number of cheese that was ordered is:

3p^3+6.5p^2+32p+200.

3p^3 remains the same. This gets added to 6.5p^2 because -6p^2 +12.5p^2 equals 6.5p^2.

14p+18p=32p and 125+75=200, so 32p and 200 also gets added. The final answer is

3p^3+6.5p^2+32p+200.