Your monthly profit (in dollars) from selling magazines is given by P = 8x +√(6x + 10) where x is the number of magazines you sell in a month. If you are currently selling 60 magazines per month, find your profit and your marginal profit, in dollars. (Round your answers to the nearest cent.)   current profit = marginal profit=   Interpret your answers. The current profit is $____  per month, and this would increase by $____  per additional magazine in sales.

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Your monthly profit (in dollars) from selling magazines is given by

P = 8x +√(6x + 10)

where x is the number of magazines you sell in a month. If you are currently selling 60 magazines per month, find your profit and your marginal profit, in dollars. (Round your answers to the nearest cent.)
 
current profit =
marginal profit=
 
Interpret your answers.
The current profit is $____  per month, and this would increase by $____  per additional magazine in sales.
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The profit function is : P=8x+6x+10 , where x is the number of magazines you sell in a month.

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If you are currently selling 60 magazines per month, find your profit and your marginal profit, in dollars.

Interpret your answers.

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