Jesaki Inc. is trying to enter the widget market. The research department established the following price-demand, cost, and revenue functions: p(x) = 60 - 1.20x C(x) = = 210 + 12x Cost function R(x) = xp(x) = x(60 - 1.20x) Revenue function Price-demand function where & is in thousands of widgets and C(x) and R(x) are in thousands of dollars. The price p(x) is the price in dollars of one widget when the demand is a thousand widgets. All three functions have domain 1 ≤ x ≤ 50. Use this information to answer questions 1-10 below.
Jesaki Inc. is trying to enter the widget market. The research department established the following price-demand, cost, and revenue functions: p(x) = 60 - 1.20x C(x) = = 210 + 12x Cost function R(x) = xp(x) = x(60 - 1.20x) Revenue function Price-demand function where & is in thousands of widgets and C(x) and R(x) are in thousands of dollars. The price p(x) is the price in dollars of one widget when the demand is a thousand widgets. All three functions have domain 1 ≤ x ≤ 50. Use this information to answer questions 1-10 below.
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Transcribed Image Text:What is the largest number of widgets that can be produced and sold for Jesaki Inc. to break even?
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Transcribed Image Text:Jesaki Inc. is trying to enter the widget market. The research department established the following
price-demand, cost, and revenue functions:
p(x) = 60 - 1.20x
C(x) = 210 + 12x
R(x) = xp(x) = x(60 - 1.20x) Revenue function
Price-demand function
Cost function
where x is in thousands of widgets and C(x) and R(x) are in thousands of dollars. The price p(x)
is the price in dollars of one widget when the demand is a thousand widgets. All three functions
have domain 1 ≤ x ≤ 50.
Use this information to answer questions 1-10 below.
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