What is the value of c in the equation below? 2^-4(2^2)=a^b=c

An energy plant is looking into putting in a system to remove harmful pollutants from its emissions going into earth's atmosphere. the cost of removing the pollutants can be modeled using the function c = 25000p/100 -p what is the vertical asymptote?

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Aquadratic equation in standard from is written ax^2= bx+c, where a,b and c are real numbers and a is not zero?