A cereal company has a cost function of C(x)=−1/4x2+12x+100 for producing x boxes of cereal. What is the marginal cost of producing 6 boxes of cereal? Give your answer as an integer, and do not include units in your answer.

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A cereal company has a cost function of C(x)=1/4x2+12x+100 for producing x boxes of cereal. What is the marginal cost of producing 6 boxes of cereal? Give your answer as an integer, and do not include units in your answer.

 
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