SOLUTION: A company finds they price thier pens at p dollars each, then thier weekly revenue for the pens will be 1000p - 200p^2 dollars. If their weekly revenue is 1200 dollars what could b

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Question 1142227: A company finds they price thier pens at p dollars each, then thier weekly revenue for the pens will be 1000p - 200p^2 dollars. If their weekly revenue is 1200 dollars what could be the price in dollars of each pen
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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1000p-200p^2=1200
200p^2-1000p+1200=0
p^2-5p+6=0 dividing by 200
(p-3)(p-2)=0
$3 or $2