document.write( "Question 1119852: Assume that it costs a company approximately C(x) = 441,000 + 160x + 0.001x^2
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Algebra.Com's Answer #735484 by ikleyn(52781) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Quadratic function of the general form  f(x) = ax^2 + bx + c  (with the leading coefficient a > 0)\r\n" );
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document.write( "In your case the minimum is achieved at  x =  = -80000.\r\n" );
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document.write( "How they will manage to produce negative number of units, I don't know.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that there is an error in your post,  so I spent my time for nothing, working on it.\r\n" );
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Absurd.

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