The number of units Q of a particular commodity that will be produced with Kthousand dollars of capital expenditure is modeled by Q(K) = 500 K23.Suppose that capital expenditure varies with time in such a way that t months from nowthere will be K(t) thousand dollars of capital expenditure, whereK(t) = 2t4 + 3t + 149/t + 2(a) What will be the capital expenditure 3 months from now? How many units will be producedat this time?(b) At what rate will production be changing with respect to time 5 months from now?Will production be increasing or decreasing at this time?

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The number of units Q of a particular commodity that will be produced with K
thousand dollars of capital expenditure is modeled by Q(K) = 500 K
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3.
Suppose that capital expenditure varies with time in such a way that t months from now
there will be K(t) thousand dollars of capital expenditure, where
K(t) = 2t4 + 3t + 149/t + 2
(a) What will be the capital expenditure 3 months from now? How many units will be produced
at this time?
(b) At what rate will production be changing with respect to time 5 months from now?
Will production be increasing or decreasing at this time?

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