A company's profit when it sells x thousand items is predicted to be P(x) = – 2x2 + 880x – 15000. a) What is the company's startup costs? b) What is the least number of items the company need to sell to breal even? (to the nearest thousand items) thousand items

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A company's profit when it sells x thousand items is predicted to be
P(x) = – 2x2² + 880x – 15000.
a) What is the company's startup costs?
b) What is the least number of items the company need to sell to break
even? (to the nearest thousand items)
thousand items
c) How many items should the company sell to maximize profit? (to the
nearest thousand items)
thousand items
Transcribed Image Text:A company's profit when it sells x thousand items is predicted to be P(x) = – 2x2² + 880x – 15000. a) What is the company's startup costs? b) What is the least number of items the company need to sell to break even? (to the nearest thousand items) thousand items c) How many items should the company sell to maximize profit? (to the nearest thousand items) thousand items
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