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OpenStudy (anonymous):

PLEASE HELP*** The profit for a company is given by the equation P(x)=-0.0002x^2 + 140x - 250,000 where x is the number of units produced. What production level will yield a maximum profit?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

find the vertex of the parabola. the x coordinate of the vertex is achieved by the equation (-b/2a) you plug that in back and get the y coordinate, which is the maximum val

OpenStudy (anonymous):

For the vertex, I got (350000, 24300000). So would the answer be B?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes, assuming your calculations were done correctly.

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