Marine ecologists estimate the reproduction curve for swordfish in a fishing ground to be  f(p) = −0.01p2 + 5p, where p and f(p) are in hundreds. Find the population that gives the maximum sustainable yield, and the size of the yield. population      hundred swordfish size of the yield      hundred swordfish

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Marine ecologists estimate the reproduction curve for swordfish in a fishing ground to be  f(p) = −0.01p2 + 5p, where p and f(p) are in hundreds. Find the population that gives the maximum sustainable yield, and the size of the yield.

population      hundred swordfish
size of the yield      hundred swordfish
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