A textbook company publishes computer, educational and utility type of books. Their business strategy is to market a total of 36 new books each year, at least four of these being games. The number of utility books published is never more than twice the number of educational books. On average, the company makes an annual profit of $5000 on each computer book, $8000 on each educational book, and $6000 on each utility book. How many educational boooks should the company publish annually for maximum profit?

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A textbook company publishes computer, educational and utility type of books. Their business strategy is to market a total of 36 new books each year, at least four of these being games. The number of utility books published is never more than twice the number of educational books. On average, the company makes an annual profit of $5000 on each computer book, $8000 on each educational book, and $6000 on each utility book. How many educational boooks should the company publish annually for maximum profit?

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