SOLUTION: 36.) If a manufacturer charges q dollars each for footballs, then he can sell 3000 - 150q footballs per week. Find a polynomial R(q) that represents the revenue for one week. Find

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Question 166178: 36.) If a manufacturer charges q dollars each for footballs, then he can sell 3000 - 150q footballs per week. Find a polynomial R(q) that represents the revenue for one week. Find the weekly revenue if the price is $8 for each football.
This is the answer that it is showing r(q)= -150q^2 + 3000q, 14,400
Can you show me how they got this answer please.

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of footballs sold is,

The price for each football is .
The total revenue is just the number of footballs sold multiplied by the price of each football.


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When q=$8, then





The weekly revenue when footballs are $8 a piece is $14,400.

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