
11-74 CHAPTER 11: GRAPHING AND OPTIMIZATION
R(8) = 3,840 + 40(8) – 2.5(82) = $4,000, when 2,000 cups of coffee sold at the price of p = 2.40 – 0.05(8)
= $2.00 a cup.
(B) In this case
R(x) = (1,600 + 60x)(2.40 – 0.10x)
28. Let x = number of dollar increases in the rate per night.
Then 300 – 3 x = total number of rooms rented and 80 + x = rate/night.
Total income = (total number of rooms rented)(rate – 10)
y(x) = (300 – 3x)(80 + x – 10), 0 ≤ x ≤ 100
Thus, x = 15 is the only critical value and
30. Let x = number of additional weeks the grower waits to pick the pears. Then 60 + 6x = the yield of a pear
since every week the price is dropped 2¢ per pound.
Now we want to maximize f(x) over [0, 4].
f‘(x) = 6(0.30 – 0.02x) – 0.02(60 + 6x)
32. (A) Let x = length of the side of the square.
Then L + 4x = 108 or L = 108 – 4x.
The volume of the box = Lx2 = x2(108 – 4x).
Would like to maximize y(x) on (0, 27).
y‘(x) = 2x(108 – 4x) – 4x2
Critical value: x = 18 [Note: x = 0 is not in the domain of y(x)]
y“(x) = 216 – 24x