SOLUTION: The National Gizmo Corporation calculates that its profit, in thousands of dollars, on the sale of x thousand gismos is given by p(x)= -2x^2 + 52x + 30. How many gizmos must be sol

Question 183984: The National Gizmo Corporation calculates that its profit, in thousands of dollars, on the sale of x thousand gismos is given by p(x)= -2x^2 + 52x + 30. How many gizmos must be sold in order to earn a maximum profit?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

When he equation is of the form
, the maximum occurs at

13 gizmos must be sold to maximize profit
I'll plot it

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