SOLUTION: If corn sells for $p per tonne, production will be 925p + 375 million tonnes and consumers will buy 4848 - 650p million tonnes. Find the prices for which there will be a shortage o

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Question 763309: If corn sells for $p per tonne, production will be 925p + 375 million tonnes and consumers will buy 4848 - 650p million tonnes. Find the prices for which there will be a shortage of corn.
Choose one answer.
A. all prices less than $3
B. all prices greater than $2
C. all prices in the interval [$0 , $2.84]
D. all prices greater than $1

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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925p+%2B+375+=+4848+-+650p
925p+%2B+650p+=+4848+-+375+
1575p+=+4473
p+=+4473%2F1575
p+=+2.84......price

the prices for which there will be a shortage of corn
C. all prices in the interval [$0 , $2.84]