Crawford Computing finds that its weekly profit, in dollars, from its production and sale of x laptop computers is P(x)=-.002x^3-.15x^2+400x-800 Currently, Crawford builds and sells 9 laptops weekly. (a) what is the current weekly profit?  (b) how much profit would be lost if production and sales dropped to 8 laptops weekly? (c) what is the marginal profit with x=9?  (d) use answers from parts (a) and (c) to estimate the profit resulting from the production and sale of 10 laptops weekly.

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Crawford Computing finds that its weekly profit, in dollars, from its production and sale of x laptop computers is

P(x)=-.002x^3-.15x^2+400x-800

Currently, Crawford builds and sells 9 laptops weekly.

(a) what is the current weekly profit? 

(b) how much profit would be lost if production and sales dropped to 8 laptops weekly?

(c) what is the marginal profit with x=9? 

(d) use answers from parts (a) and (c) to estimate the profit resulting from the production and sale of 10 laptops weekly.

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