Stewart – Calculus 8e ET Chapter 4 Form B
11. Find the maximum area of a rectangle that can be circumscribed about a given rectangle with
length L = 8 and width W = 3.
12. An aircraft manufacturer wants to determine the best selling price for a new airplane. The
company estimates that the initial cost of designing the airplane and setting up the factories in
which to build it will be million dollars. The additional cost of manufacturing each plane can
be modeled by the function
where x is the number of aircraft produced and m is the manufacturing cost, in millions of dollars.
The company estimates that if it charges a price p (in millions of dollars) for each plane, it will be
able to sell
.
Find the cost function.
13. A baseball team plays in a stadium that holds 56,000 spectators. With ticket prices at $9, the
average attendance had been 32,000. When ticket prices were lowered to $8, the average
attendance rose to 36,000. How should ticket prices be set to maximize revenue? Assume the
demand function is linear.
14. The manager of a -unit apartment complex knows from experience that all units will be
occupied if the rent is per month. A market survey suggests that, on the average, one
additional unit will remain vacant for each increase in rent. What rent should the manager
charge to maximize revenue?