B. I believe I just wanna get some points
The total weight of Mason is 177
<em><u>Solution:</u></em>
Given that, Mr.Mason takes two-thirds of his body weight and drinks that amount of gatorade in ounces per day
Mr.Mason drinks 118 ounces each day
Let "x" be the total weight of Mr.Mason
Therefore, we can say,
Two third of body weight = Amount of gatorade drank in ounces per day
Two third of x = 118
Thus total weight of Mason is 177
Converting the fraction 1/30 into a decimal is very easy.
To get 1/30 converted to decimal, you simply divide 1 by 30.
1/30 as a decimal is:
<span>0.033333333</span>
Here is our profit as a function of # of posters
p(x) =-10x² + 200x - 250
Here is our price per poster, as a function of the # of posters:
pr(x) = 20 - x
Since we want to find the optimum price and # of posters, let's plug our price function into our profit function, to find the optimum x, and then use that to find the optimum price:
p(x) = -10 (20-x)² + 200 (20 - x) - 250
p(x) = -10 (400 -40x + x²) + 4000 - 200x - 250
Take a look at our profit function. It is a normal trinomial square, with a negative sign on the squared term. This means the curve is a downward facing parabola, so our profit maximum will be the top of the curve.
By taking the derivative, we can find where p'(x) = 0 (where the slope of p(x) equals 0), to see where the top of profit function is.
p(x) = -4000 +400x -10x² + 4000 -200x -250
p'(x) = 400 - 20x -200
0 = 200 - 20x
20x = 200
x = 10
p'(x) = 0 at x=10. This is the peak of our profit function. To find the price per poster, plug x=10 into our price function:
price = 20 - x
price = 10
Now plug x=10 into our original profit function in order to find our maximum profit:
<span>p(x)= -10x^2 +200x -250
p(x) = -10 (10)</span>² +200 (10) - 250
<span>p(x) = -1000 + 2000 - 250
p(x) = 750
Correct answer is C)</span>
First you need to find what 2/3 equals
to do this, take 99 divided by 3
99/3=33
if 1/3 equals 33, two thirds would be 33x2
33x2=66
now, you need to find 1/2 of 66. this can be done 2 different ways
1. 66 divided by 2 - 66/2=33
OR
2. 66 x 1/2 = 33 OR 66 x .5 = 33
The answer is 33 kilograms
