document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=291678>Question 291678</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help to answer the follwing question.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the profit function for a commodity is p=6400x-18x^2-(1/3)x^3-40,000 dollars, selling how many units, x, will result in a maximum profit? Find the maximum profit.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(I am having troublw getting past this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p'=6400-36x-x^2=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "p'(x) = 6400 - 36x - x^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve x^2 + 36x + 6400 = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+100)(x-64) = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Poxitive solution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(64) = $208,491<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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