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Finding a Marginal Cost

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The cost in dollars of producing x x laptop computers in dollars is f( x )= x 2 −100x. f \left(x\right) = x^{2} - 100 x . At the point where 200 computers have been produced, what is the approximate cost of producing the 201st unit?

OpenStax Precalculus 2e, 12.4 Derivatives, exercise 13

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