SOLUTION: Suppose that the manufacturer of a gas clothes dryer has found​ that, when the unit price is p​ dollars, the revenue R​ (in dollars) is Upper R left parenthesis

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Question 1111304: Suppose that the manufacturer of a gas clothes dryer has found​ that, when the unit price is p​ dollars, the revenue R​ (in dollars) is
Upper R left parenthesis p right parenthesis equals negative 8 p squared plus 48 comma 000 pR(p)=−8p2+48,000p
What unit price should be established for the dryer to maximize​ revenue? What is the maximum​ revenue?

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

This has the general form:

( )
The x-value of the vertex ( maximum in this case ) is:

For your problem:


Plug this value back into the eqution




At a unit price of $3,000, the maximum revenue is
$72 million
check my math

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