Pearl Ltd. intends to manufacture and market vegetable crates. Their research department has derived the price-demand equation and the cost function, respectively as: x=10,000-40p and C(x)=180,000+30p where x is the number of crates that can be sold at $p per unit and C(x) represents the total cost of producing x crates. b. Find the exact cost of producing the 85th crate.

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Pearl Ltd. intends to manufacture and market vegetable crates. Their research department has derived the price-demand equation and the cost function, respectively as:

x=10,000-40p and C(x)=180,000+30p

where x is the number of crates that can be sold at $p per unit and C(x) represents the total cost of producing x crates.

b. Find the exact cost of producing the 85th crate.

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