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Re: algebra
by amit kavi - Wednesday, 19 September 2012, 02:06 PM
 

rahul, alternate method by differentitaion could be, p= 5x^2+11(8-x)^2

further dp/dx = 32x-176 =>dp/dx=0gives x=11/2

d2p/dx2 =32 which is positive, means minima exists at dp/dx,

put x=11/2 and get the value as 220.

you can also follow method od quadratic equations as mentioned by Ramesh, cheers ramesh!!