Question

Two different suppliers are competing to supply a particular part for a new Boeing airliner. The Japanese supplier charges J(n) dollars for n parts whereas the Italian supplier charges I(n) dollars for n parts. (a) Which supplier should be used to supply a large number of parts if

Answer 1

Answer:

Italian Supplier will be chosen to supply a Large number of parts.

Explanation:

Note: This question is incomplete and lacks necessary data to solve. However I have found the missing part of this question and will be using that to solve for the sake of understanding and concept.

Data Missing:

Which supplier should be used to supply a large number of parts if:

Lim (n--> infinity) $\frac{J(n)}{I(n)} = 0?$ Now, this condition was missing in the question, now we can solve this question.

Solution:

Here, we can see that, the limit of function is approaching to infinity, which indicates (n--> infinity) we want to make larger number of parts. So, we also know that Limit value of this function = 0.

It means that, numerator must be smallest  and the denominator must be largest to get the value = 0. And, here denominator = I(n) means Italian Supplier.

Otherwise, if we put larger values of numerator then, it is not possible to get the value of 0.

So, if we choose Italian supplier for a large number of parts, then the value of the Limit Function will be zero for it is approaching infinity.

Hence,

Italian Supplier will be chosen to supply a Large number of parts.