Let x be the number of times they raise the price on the newspaper. Then the new cost of the newspaper is
Let y be the newspaper they sell, then the income will be
Now, we know that the circulation is of 500, assuming that they sold every newspaper at the original price now the number the will sell will be
Plugging the value of y in the first expression we have that the income will be
Then the income is given by the function
To find the maximum value of this functions (thus the maximum income) we need to take the derivative of the function,
no we equate the derivative to zero and solve for x.
This means that we have an extreme value of the function when x=9. Now we need to find out if this value is a maximum or a minimum. To do this we need to take the second derivative of the function, then
Since the second derivative is negative in the point x=9, we conclude that this value is a maximum of the function.
With this we conclude that the number of times that they should raise the price to maximize the income is 9. This means that they will raise the price of the newspaper (9)($0.05)=$0.45.
Therefore the price to maximize the income is $0.35+$0.45=$0.80.
Step-by-step explanation:
x + 8a = 25 + ax - 7a
x = 5
5 + 8a = 25 + 5a - 7a
5 + 8a = 25 - 2a
5 + 10a = 25
10a = 20
a = 2
Its {3, 3, 6, 7, 9}
because the difference in values of 6 and the other numbers are the same as difference between 5 and the other numbers in { 2, 2, 5, 6, 8}
Shaded area = area of the hexagon – area of the pentagon + area of the square – area of the equilateral triangle. This can be obtained by finding each shaded area and then adding them.
<h3>Find the expression for the area of the shaded regions:</h3>
From the question we can say that the Hexagon has three shapes inside it,
Also it is given that,
An equilateral triangle is shown inside a square inside a regular pentagon inside a regular hexagon.
From this we know that equilateral triangle is the smallest, then square, then regular pentagon and then a regular hexagon.
A pentagon is shown inside a regular hexagon.
- Area of first shaded region = Area of the hexagon - Area of pentagon
An equilateral triangle is shown inside a square.
- Area of second shaded region = Area of the square - Area of equilateral triangle
The expression for total shaded region would be written as,
Shaded area = Area of first shaded region + Area of second shaded region
Hence,
⇒ Shaded area = area of the hexagon – area of the pentagon + area of the square – area of the equilateral triangle.
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