A Tasmanian orchardist notices that an apple tree will produce 300 apples per year if 16 trees are planted in every standard-sized field. For every additional tree planted in the standard-sized field, she finds that the yield per tree decreases by 10 apples per year.

Question

anonymous · Answer

a) If she plants an additional x trees in every standard-sized field, show that the total number of apples produced will be N = -10x^2+140x+4800

b) How many trees should be planted in each field in order to maximise the number of apples that are produced?

anonymous · Answer

All good, i got it