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The marketing research department for a company that manufactures and sells memo

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Question

The marketing research department for a company that manufactures and sells memory chips for microcomputers established the following price-demand and revenue functions:

p(x)=96-4x
R(x)=x(96-4x)=96x-4x^2

where p(x) is the per chip wholesale price in dollars at which x million chips can be sold, and R(x) is in millions of dollars. Both functions have a domain 0> and equal x > equals 20.

a)  Find the output that will produce the maximum revenue. ____________million chips.

b) What is the maximum revenue? $ ____________ million    

c) What is the wholesale price per chip that produces the maximum revenue? $___________

Explanation / Answer

for maximum revenue :-

dR/dx =0

96-8x=0

x=12 million chips

maximum revenue =   $576 million

wholesale price per chip that produces the maximum revenue =$ 96