A company sells widgets. The amount of profit, y, made by the company, is related to the selling price of each widget, x, by the given equation. Using this equation, find out what price the widgets should be sold for, to the nearest cent, for the company to make the maximum profit. y =-6x^2 + 190x - 826
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A company sells widgets. The amount of profit, y, made by the company, is related to the selling price of each widget, x, by the given equation. Using this equation, find out what price the widgets should be sold for, to the nearest cent, for the company to make the maximum profit.
y=−3x^2+152x−1150
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David M. answered • 04/24/20
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As you can see, this is a quadratic equation and if you were to graph this you would see that it is a parabola that opens down because of the negative leading coefficient (-3). The maximum profit would be at the apex, or vertex, of the graph. Therefore, we need to find the value of "y" when "x" is the line of symmetry. We find this by x=-b/(2a) where a = -3 and b = 152:
x=-152/(2)(-3)
x=-152/-6
x=152/6
We put this value of "x" into the original formula to find out the value of "y":
y=-3x2+152x-1150
y=(-3)(152/6)2+152(152/6)-1150
y=-1925.33+3850.67-1150
y=775.34
Therefore, the maximum profit would be $775.34.
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