NEWS UPDATE: Ford engineers are working to increase the output of N95 respirators at 3M’s U. S.-based manufacturing facilities. 3M has doubled its N95 production to more than 1.1 billion annually and has plans to double that again in the next 12 month and currently are hiring high school students that are doing great in their math courses (shows they have problem solving skills).

Currently, an employee can assemble on average, x amount of masks per hour. An INDLS student makes twice as many N95 Masks as the average employee (2x). A public school student makes 1 less than average (x-1). The product of the two employees’ output equals 12 masks per hour.

Using complete sentences:

1. State the function f(x)

2. Show the function in factored form

3. Find the zeros

4. Which zero or zeros make since in this context?

5. Explain each item and show all work.