A sporting goods wholesaler finds that when the price of a product is $25, the company sells

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A sporting goods wholesaler finds that when the price of a product is $25, the company sells 500 units per week. When the price is $30, the number sold per week decreases to 460 units.
(a) Find the demand, q, as a function of price, p, assuming that the demand curve is linear.
(b) Use your answer to part (a) to write revenue as a function of price.
(c) Graph the revenue function in part (b). Find the price that maximizes revenue. What is the revenue at this price?

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Applied Calculus

ISBN: 9781119275565

6th Edition

Authors: Deborah Hughes Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, Daniel E. Flath, Sheldon P. Gordon, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, William G. McCallum, Brad G. Osgood, Andrew Pasquale

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