document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=31457>Question 31457</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A manufacturer  of microwave ovens believes that the revenue R, in dollars, the company receives is related to the price P, in dollars, of an oven given by the function R(P)=125P-0.25P^2.  What price of an oven will give the maximun revenue?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-(b/(2a)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(125)/(2*-.25)=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(125/.5)=250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Price of an oven=$250.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This answer matches my book but my question is doesn't 250= the x coordinate of the vertex and then shouldn't I be solving for the y coordinate to get the maximum revenue? Meaning why don't I then substitute 250 for x and solve for y or am I confusing the use of the phrase \"maximum revenue\" with a maximum value of a quadratic function problem?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #18137 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=18137\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You have found the price which gives the maximum revenue.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You were NOT asked what the maximum revenue was;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "instead you were asked what the price was that would<BR>\n" );
document.write( "give you the maximum revenue.  That price is $250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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