3) A company sells two different types of candles, and their profit function for a week is given by p(x, y) = x³ + x²y + 2y², where x represents the amount red candles and y represents the amount of green candles, in thousands. Determine how many of each candle the company should make to maximize their profit, if the factory can only make 1000 total candles in a week.
3) A company sells two different types of candles, and their profit function for a week is given by p(x, y) = x³ + x²y + 2y², where x represents the amount red candles and y represents the amount of green candles, in thousands. Determine how many of each candle the company should make to maximize their profit, if the factory can only make 1000 total candles in a week.
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