Solve the Problem
-The Cost in Millions of Dollars for a Company

question 219

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem
-The cost in millions of dollars for a company to manufacture $x$ thousand automobiles is given by the function $C ( x ) = 4 x ^ { 2 } - 32 x + 128$ . Find the number of automobiles that must be produced to minimize the cost.

• A) 8 thousand automobiles
• B) 16 thousand automobiles
• C) 64 thousand automobiles
• D) 4 thousand automobiles

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Definitions:

cAMP

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate, a second messenger important in many biological processes.

Lac Operon

A gene regulatory system found in bacteria and some other organisms that regulates the metabolism of lactose, involving an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose.

Cap

In molecular biology, a specially modified nucleotide on the 5’ end of eukaryotic mRNA, important for RNA stability and the initiation of translation.

Operons

Groups of genes in prokaryotes that are transcribed together and regulated by a single promoter and operator sequence, enabling coordinated expression of genes with related functions.