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A graph shows a company's monthly profit $P(x)$ in dollars, where $x$ is the
number of months since the business opened. The graph crosses the x-axis at
$x = 4$ .

What does this x-intercept represent in context?

The company earned $4 in profit during its first month.

The company had $0 profit at the start (month 0).

The company broke even — profit was $0 at month 4.

The company's profit was increasing at month 4.