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The revenue equation (in hunderds of millions of dollars) for barley production in a certain country is approximated by Upper R left parenthesis x right parenthesisequals0.0688 x squared plus 1.2121 x plus 2.2234 where x is in hundreds of millions of bushels. Find the marginal-revenue equation and use it to find the marginal revenue for the production of the given number of bushels. ANSWERS NEEDED - Marginal revenue for 400,000,000 bushels for 550,000,000 bushels
Answers:
Revenue equation: R'(x) = 0.1376x + 1.2121
Marginal revenue for 400,000,000 bushels = 176.25 million dollars per hundred million bushels
Marginal revenue for 550,000,000 bushels = 196.89 million dollars per hundred million bushels
Explanations:
The revenue equation (in hunderds of millions of dollars) for barley production in a certain country is approximated by
Upper R left parenthesis x right parenthesisequals0.0688 x squared plus 1.2121 x plus 2.2234
where x is in hundreds of millions of bushels.
In equation, we have
R (x) = 0.0688 x2 + 1.2121 x + 2.2234
Marginal revenue equation:
The Marginal revenue equation R'(x) is found by differentiating R(x) w.r.t x
Differentiating R(x), we get,
R'(x) = 0.0688*2x + 1.2121 + 0
Therefore,
R'(x) = 0.1376x + 1.2121
The marginal revenue for the production of the given number of bushels = 400,000,000 = 4 hundred millions
R'(4) = 0.1376 * 4 + 1.2121
= 1.7625 hundred million dollars per hundred million bushels
= 176.25 million dollars per hundred million bushels
= $176, 250, 000 dollars per hundred million bushels
The marginal revenue for the production of the given number of bushels = 550,000,000 = 5.5 hundred millions
R'(4) = 0.1376 * 5.5 + 1.2121
= 1.9689 hundred million dollars per hundred million bushels
= 196.89 million dollars per hundred million bushels
= $196, 890, 000 dollars per hundred million bushels