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Calc help please!!!!!?


Question: Suppose hardware store customers are willing to buy T(p) boxes of nails at P dollars per box, where

T(P) = .06p^4 - 1.25p^3 + 6.5p^2 - 18p + 200

where (0 < p < or equal 11)

Find:

a.) Average rate of change in demand for a change in price from $5 to $8

b.) Find the instantaneous rate of change in demand when the price is $5
Answers: Your original problem:

T(P) = .06p^4 - 1.25p^3 + 6.5p^2 - 18p + 200

where (0 < p < or equal 11)

Find:

a.) Average rate of change in demand for a change in price from $5 to $8

find the change in Y over change in X for : T(P) = .06p^4 - 1.25p^3 + 6.5p^2 - 18p + 200

(T(8) - T(5)) / (8 - 5)

This yields:

(77.76 - 153.75) / 3

which equals:

-25.33

b.) Find the instantaneous rate of change in demand when the price is $5

This requires taking the first derivative:

T(P) = .06p^4 - 1.25p^3 + 6.5p^2 - 18p + 200

T'(P) = 0.24p^3 - 3.75p^2 + 13p - 18

Evaluated at T'(5) = -16.75

Hope that helps...


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