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Subject: calculus revenue and cost
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Asked by: rockndanie-ga
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Posted: 16 Oct 2006 14:17 PDT
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Question ID: 774152
the cost to produce x thousand automobiles is given by the function
c(x)=4x^2-8x+3. the price that we charge is p(x)=16-2x. what is the
revenue? what is the profit for producing x thousand automobiles? what
is the number of automobiles that must be produced to maximize profit?
must show all work.
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Subject: Re: calculus revenue and cost
From: deadweightloss-ga on 17 Oct 2006 18:44 PDT
 
Set marginal revenue equal to marginal cost.
To find marginal revenue, get total revenue (price times quantity) and
differentiate it.
Differentiate cost to get marginal cost.  
Set MC=MR and solve for x.

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