The yearly profits of a new small business, in hundreds of dollars, during its first 10 years can be modeled by p(x) = x3 + x2 – 2x + 31, where x is the number of years since the business opened. what was the yearly profit in year 6? $27,100 $13,700 $14,000 $28,300

9 x 8 divided by (5-3)=36

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: