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Suppose that the cost, in dollars, for a company to produce x
pairs of a new line of jeans is
C(x)=7000+6x+0.01x^2+0.0002x^3.
(a) Find the marginal cost function.
(b) Find the marginal cost at x=100
(c) Find the cost at x=100
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