A manufacturing firm has budgeted 40 thousand per month for labor and materials. If $x thousand is spent on lab and $y thousand is spent on materials, and if the monthly output (in units) is given by N(x, y) = 2xy-6y How should the 40 thousand be allocated to labor and materials to maximize N : x+y = 40. What is maximum N?
A manufacturing firm has budgeted 40 thousand per month for labor and materials. If $x thousand is spent on lab and $y thousand is spent on materials, and if the monthly output (in units) is given by N(x, y) = 2xy-6y How should the 40 thousand be allocated to labor and materials to maximize N : x+y = 40. What is maximum N?
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A manufacturing firm has budgeted 40 thousand per month for labor and materials. If $x thousand is spent on labor
and $y thousand is spent on materials, and if the monthly output (in units) is given by
N(x, y) = 2xy-6y
How should the 40 thousand be allocated to labor and materials to maximize N : x+y=40.
What is maximum N?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F866460fe-4d40-4129-b906-aa898da34587%2F5edf5393-d87d-4b8e-93c5-18375cb5d7d5%2Ftry6uik_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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A manufacturing firm has budgeted 40 thousand per month for labor and materials. If $x thousand is spent on labor
and $y thousand is spent on materials, and if the monthly output (in units) is given by
N(x, y) = 2xy-6y
How should the 40 thousand be allocated to labor and materials to maximize N : x+y=40.
What is maximum N?
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