Crashing Costs for a Project Are Governed by the Function

question 72

Essay

Crashing costs for a project are governed by the function:
50t² + 100t
where t represents the number of days crashed (see graph).The project manager wants to crash the project,and is willing to pay up to $1,000 per day saved.How many days can be saved before the per-day cost is too high?

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