document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=154152>Question 154152</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Marginal revenue. A defense attorney charges her client<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$4000 plus $120 per hour. The formula R  120n  4000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "gives her revenue in dollars for n hours of work. What is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "her revenue for 100 hours of work? What is her revenue<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for 101 hours of work? By how much did the one extra<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hour of work increase the revenue? (The increase in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "revenue is called the marginal revenue for the 101st hour.) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The formula R = 120n + 4000 gives her revenue in dollars for n hours of work. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is her revenue for 100 hours of work? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is her revenue for 101 hours of work? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "By how much did the one extra hour of work increase the revenue? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R(100) = 120*100 + 4000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R(100) = 1200 + 4000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R(100) = 5200<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R(101) = 120*101 + 4000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R(101) = 5200 + 120 = 5320<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each additional hour increases her revenue by $120.00.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that the 120 is the slope of the function.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "margin for business is the same as slope for mathematics.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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