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Pepper farming is carried out in a greenhouse. Proceeds from the sale of pepper, R,
dollars per square meter is determined by the following function. R = 5T (1-e^-x) where T is the temperature set in the greenhouse (Celsius, C^0)and the amount of fertilizer per square meter (kilogram, kg) the costs are as follows: fertilizer cost per square meter is 20?, heating cost is 0.10^2.According to this information
a) type the profit function of the manufacturer,?(?, ?).
B) determine the end points of the profit function.
c) show which endpoints you specify or which ones give the highest amount of fertilizer with the temperature value that makes the profit.
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- As a producer and seller of some commodity, you have learned that, if you produce and sell x itmes in a particular month, the following functions can be used to find the cost and revenue: Revenue: R(x)=150x-x^2 and Cost: C(x)=3000+20x. (a) Write a simplified formula for your profit in a particular month, P(x)=R(x)- C(x) (b) Find the "break-even" point(s) (c) How many items should you produce and sell in a month in order to achieve a maximum profit? (d) What is the maximum possible monthly profit? This is the problem and I cannot solve the c and d, could you please help me?Assume that it costs a company approximately C(x) = 400,000 + 160x + 0.003x² dollars to manufacture x smartphones in an hour. (a) Find the marginal cost function. Use it to estimate how fast the cost is increasing when x = 10,000. $ per smartphone Compare this with the exact cost of producing the 10,001st smartphone. The cost is increasing at a rate of $ (b) Find the average cost function C and the average cost to produce the first 10,000 smartphones. C(x) (10,000) = = per smartphone. The exact cost of producing the 10,001st smartphone is $ $ (c) Using your answers to parts (a) and (b), determine whether the average cost is rising or falling at a production level of 10,000 smartphones. The marginal cost from (a) is ---Select--- than the average cost from (b). This means that the average cost is ---Select--- Thus, there is a difference of $ at a production level of 10,000 smartphones.The total cost and the total revenue (in dollars) for the production and sale of x ski jackets are given by C(x)=26x +18,625 and R(x)-200x-0.2x² for 0≤x≤ 1000. (A) Find the value of x where the graph of R(x) has a horizontal tangent line (B) Find the profit function P(x). (C) Find the value of x where the graph of P(x) has a horizontal tangent line. (D) Graph C(x), R(x), and P(x) on the same coordinate system for 0sxs 1000. Find the break-even points. Find the x-intercepts of the graph of P(x) (A) R(x) has a horizontal tangent line at x =
