A strawberry farmer will receive $37 per bushel of strawberries during the first week of harvesting....

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A strawberry farmer will receive $37 per bushel of strawberriesduring the first week of harvesting. Each week after that, thevalue will drop $0.80 per bushel. The farmer estimates that thereare approximately 129 bushels of strawberries in the fields, andthat the crop is increasing at a rate of four bushels per week.When should the farmer harvest the strawberries (in weeks) tomaximize their value? (Assume that \"during the first week ofharvesting\" here means week 1.)

weeks

How many bushels of strawberries will yield the maximumvalue?

bushels

What is the maximum value of the strawberries (in dollars)?

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