For a certain company, the cost function for producing x items is C(x)=40x+200 and the revenue function for selling x items is R(x)=−0.5(x−110)2+6,050. The maximum capacity of the company is 140 items The company can choose to produce either 70 or 80 items. What is their profit for each case, and which level of production should they choose? Profit when producing 70 items =     Profit when producing 80 items =    Can you explain, from our model, why the company makes less profit when producing 10 more units?

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For a certain company, the cost function for producing x items is C(x)=40x+200 and the revenue function for selling x items is R(x)=−0.5(x−110)2+6,050. The maximum capacity of the company is 140 items

The company can choose to produce either 70 or 80 items. What is their profit for each case, and which level of production should they choose?

Profit when producing 70 items =    

Profit when producing 80 items =   

Can you explain, from our model, why the company makes less profit when producing 10 more units?

 

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