At Allied Electronics, Production Has Begun on the X-15 $R ( x ) = 59 x - 0.3 x ^ { 2 }$

question 159

Multiple Choice

At Allied Electronics, production has begun on the X-15 Computer Chip. The total revenue function is given by $R ( x ) = 59 x - 0.3 x ^ { 2 }$ and the total profit function is given by $P ( x ) = - 0.3 x ^ { 2 } + 57 x - 8$ where x represents the number of boxes of computer chips produced. The total cost function, C(x) , is such that C(x) =R(x) -P(x) . Find C(x) .

• A) C(x)=4x+4
• B) C(x)=2x+8
• C) \(C ( x ) = - 0.3 x ^ { 2 } + 4 x + 8\)
• D) C(x)=3x+13

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