SOLUTION: APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY UNITS MUST BE MANUFACTURED TO MAXIMISE PROFITS DEFINED BY THE FUNCTION F(X) = -X^2 + 8X-16

Question 1114607: APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY UNITS MUST BE MANUFACTURED TO MAXIMISE PROFITS DEFINED BY THE FUNCTION F(X) = -X^2 + 8X-16

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39613)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Notice the function is a perfect square trinomial! The vertex (maximum point) occurs in ~~the exact middle of the two zeros of the function,..~~. exactly one point.

If the function makes sense for a "profit".

-----vertex form for the parabola
and the maximum is at the point, (4,0).

Whatever is being manufactured is a money loser.
Answer by ikleyn(52752)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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