Campbell's Sells Used Trailers,U,and New Trailers,N

question 8

Multiple Choice

Campbell's sells used trailers,U,and new trailers,N.Its profits are given by p = 100N + 68U - 5N² - 5U² - 2NU.The profit-maximizing combination of trailers for Campbell's is:

• A) N = 9 and U = 5.
• B) N = 7 and U = 7.
• C) N = 5 and U = 9.
• D) N = 13 and U = 0.
• E) N = 9 and U = 9.

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