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# of Rain jackets produced Total Cost 40 $11,750 100 $18,985 180 $28,500 260 $38

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Question

# of Rain jackets produced

Total Cost

40

$11,750

100

$18,985

180

$28,500

260

$38,000

310

$44,000

360

$50,000

The same athletics company does some market research and finds the following data estimating the number of people that are willing to buy the jackets at a certain price. For example, if the selling price of the jackets was $250, their estimates show that they would sell 60 jackets.

# of rain jackets demanded

price

20

$265

60

$250

140

$225

220

$205

320

$175

g) What is the price the jackets should be sold at to generate the maximum revenue?

h) Using this function and your cost function from the previous example, find a profit function, P(x), where P is the profit (in dollars) generated by the production and sale of x jackets. What type of function is this?

i) How many rain jackets should be sold to generate a maximum profit?

j) What is the maximum profit?

# of Rain jackets produced

Total Cost

40

$11,750

100

$18,985

180

$28,500

260

$38,000

310

$44,000

360

$50,000

Explanation / Answer

g) To generate maximum revenue, the price should be $175.

For h) , i) & j) the data from previous example is required.

# of rain jackets demanded Price Revenue generated 20 265 5300 60 250 15000 140 225 31500 220 205 45100 320 175 56000