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OpenStudy (anonymous):

calculus If C(x) = (x - 2)^2 + 5, find the maximum profit (which might be negative!). The maximum profit is

OpenStudy (agreene):

If you wrote the question properly, you have a bit of an issue: C(x)= (x-2)^2+5 expanded and simplified is C(x) = x^2-4x+9 Which is an upward facing parabola... so there is no global maxima. As x-> infity; C(x) -> infinity.

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