Suppose that the cost, the revenue, and the profit equations for a company manufacturing flash drives are given by: C=5000+2x R=10x−0.001x2 P=R−C  where the production output in one week is x  flash drives.  If production is increasing at the rate of 500 flash drives per week when production is 6500 flash drives, find the rate of increase of Cost Revenue Profit

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Suppose that the cost, the revenue, and the profit equations for a company manufacturing flash drives are given by:

C=5000+2x

R=10x−0.001x2

P=R−C  where the production output in one week is x  flash drives. 

If production is increasing at the rate of 500 flash drives per week when production is 6500 flash drives, find the rate of increase of

  1. Cost
  2. Revenue
  3. Profit
 
 
 
 
 
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