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11 August, 09:49

The telephone company is planning to introduce two new types of executive communications systems that it hopes to sell to its largest commercial customers. It is estimated that if the first type of system is priced at x hundred dollars per system and the second type at y hundred dollars per system, approximately 40-8x+5y consumers will buy the first type and 50+9x-7y will buy the second type. If the cost of manufacturing the first type is $1000 per system and the cost of manufacturing the second type is $2900 per system, what prices x and y will maximize the telephone company's profit?

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  1. 11 August, 10:10
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    x = 31 hundred dolars and

    y = 91/2 = 45.5 hundred dolars

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Given

    R (x) = (40-8x+5y) * x + (50+9x-7y) * y

    C (x) = (40-8x+5y) * 10 + (50+9x-7y) * 29

    We can use the equation

    P (x) = R (x) - C (x)

    where

    P (x) is the profit

    R (x) is the revenue

    and C (x) is the costs

    In order to maximize the telephone company's profit, we apply

    P' (x) = R (x) ' - C (x) ' = 0

    ⇒ R (x) ' = ((40-8x+5y) * x + (50+9x-7y) * y) ' = (40x-8x²+14xy+50y-7y²) '

    ⇒ C (x) ' = ((40-8x+5y) * 10 + (50+9x-7y) * 29) ' = (1850+181x-153y) '

    ⇒ P' (x) = - 8x²-7y²-141x+203y+14xy-1850

    The first-order partial derivatives of these functions are

    Px (x, y) = - 16x-141+14y

    Py (x, y) = - 14y+203+14x

    Setting these equal to zero and solving we obtain:

    -16x+14y-141 = 0

    14x-14y+203=0

    we get the solution

    x = 31 and y = 91/2 = 45.5

    Finally, the company should produce 3100 units of the first system, and 4550 units of the second system.
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