Question: The rate ( in mg carbon / m 3 / h ) at which photosynthesis takes place for a species of phytoplankton is modeled by

The rate (in mg carbon/m3/h) at which photosynthesis takes place for a species of phytoplankton is modeled by the function
P =
80I/I^2+ I +4
where I is the light intensity (measured in thousands of foot-candles). For what light intensity is P a maximum?
I = thousand foot-candles

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