f company A manufactures t-shirts and sells them to retailers for US$9.80 each. It has fixed costs of $2625 related to the production of the t-shirts, and the production cost per unit is US$2.30. Company B also manufactures t-shirts and selll them directly to consumers. The demand for its product is p = 15 − x/125 , its production cost per unit is US$5.00 and its fixed cost are the same as for company A . Derive the total revenue function, R(x) for company A. Derive the total cost function, C(x) for company A. Derive the profit function, Π(x) for company A.
Problem 1
If company A manufactures t-shirts and sells them to retailers for US$9.80 each.
It has fixed costs of $2625 related to the production of the t-shirts, and the production cost per unit is US$2.30. Company B also manufactures t-shirts and selll them directly to consumers.
The demand for its product is p = 15 − x/125 , its production cost per unit is US$5.00
and its fixed cost are the same as for company A .
- Derive the total revenue function, R(x) for company A.
- Derive the total cost function, C(x) for company A.
- Derive the profit function, Π(x) for company A.
- Using a spreadsheet, create a table for showing x, R(x) , C(x) for company A in the domain x = 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450.
- Graph the functions from (d) above on the same axes.
- From your graph, determine the break-even level of output for company A.
- Derive the total revenue function, R(x) for company B.
- Derive the profit function, Π(x) for company B.
- How many t-shirts must company B sell to in order to break-even.
- How many t-shirts must company B sell to maximise its profit.
Problem 2
(a) A company has determined that its profit for a product can be described by a linear function. The profit from the production and sale of 150 units is $455, and the profit from
250 units is $895.
- What is the average rate of change of the profit for this product when between 150 and 250 units are sold?
- Write the equation of the profit function for this product.
- How many units give break-even for this product?
(b) You are the CEO for a lightweight compasses manufacturer. The demand function for the lightweight compasses is given by p = 40 − 4q2where q
is the number of lightweight compasses produced in millions. It costs the company $15 to make a lightweight compass.
- Write an equation giving profit as a function of the number of lightweight compasses produced.
- At the moment the company produces 2 million lightweight compasses and makes a profit of $18,000,000, but you would like to reduce production. What smaller number of lightweight compasses could the company produce to yield the same profit?
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