SOLUTION: A company can sell 2000 magazine subscriptions at $40 each. For each $5 increase in the price, it will sell 200 fewer subscriptions. What subscription price will provide the maximu

Question 1127464: A company can sell 2000 magazine subscriptions at $40 each. For each $5 increase in the price, it will sell 200 fewer subscriptions. What subscription price will provide the maximum revenue for the company?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39629) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That also means, for every 1 dollar price increase, fewer subscriptions.

PRICE         HOW MANY SUBSCRIPTIONS
40              2000
400+d          2000-(200/5)d

for d number of dollars

Revenue, .
You want to find the maximum of this revenue and the corresponding d number of dollars to add or subtract for this maximum d.

zeros at d of -40, and +50.

This means, best revenue is for dollars.
This max revenue,
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