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OK. 2. Company manufactures and sells bikes. Each bike costs M R.O to make. The company's...

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2. Company manufactures and sells bikes. Each bike costs M R.O to make. The company's fixed costs are 500 R.O. In addition, the company owners know that the price of each bike comes from the price function p= 60 - 1/2 x

(Note: Mis the first two digit from your MEC ID after alphabetic (S or F), for example if the ID is 19F18140 take the two digit after F which are 18)

a. Find the Break-even point of the company
b. Find the numnber of bikes at maximum profit of the company
C. Find the maximum revenue the company earned

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Expert Solution

a) At breakeven, total revenue equals total cost. Applying this logic, we end up at x=69.64 be the breakeven number of bikes. The working is shown below.

b)

At profit maximization, the marginal cost equals the marginal revenue. Carrying out this constraint, we get the value of x to be 42. The working is shown below.

c)

Using simple calculus, we can find the solution for this question. Rmax = 1800. For working, check the image below.

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