SOLUTION: A store selling typewriter ribbons knows that the number of ribbons it can sell each week, x, is related to the price per ribbon, p, by the equation x=1900-140p. Write an expressio

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Question 1056346: A store selling typewriter ribbons knows that the number of ribbons it can sell each week, x, is related to the price per ribbon, p, by the equation x=1900-140p. Write an expression for the weekly revenue that involves only the variables R and p. (Remember: The equation for revenue is R=xp.)
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A store selling typewriter ribbons knows that the number of ribbons it can sell each week, x, is related to the price per ribbon, p, by the equation x=1900-140p. Write an expression for the weekly revenue that involves only the variables R and p. (Remember: The equation for revenue is R=xp.)
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R(p) = x*p = (1900-140p)p = 1900p - 140p^2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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