document.write( "Question 426564: The owner of a video store has determined that the cost C, in dollars, of operating the store is approximately given by C(x)=2x^2-32x+540, where x is the number of videos rented daily. Find the lowest cost to the nearest dollar.\" \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Using the vertex form of a parabola,  where(h,k) is the vertex
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document.write( "C(x)=2x^2-32x+540   |Completing the square to find the vertex (parabola opens upward)
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document.write( "C(x)=2[(x-8)^2 - 64] +540
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document.write( "C(x)=2(x-8)^2 -128 +540
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document.write( "C(x)=2(x-8)^2 +412     |(8,412) the vertex point.  $412 the lowest cost. \n" );
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