Matt M.

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Please Help. A company selling widgets has found that the number of items sold x depends upon the price p at which they're sold

A company selling widgets has found that the number of items sold x depends upon the price p at which they're sold, according the equation x=10000/√(6p+1).

Due to inflation and increasing health benefit costs, the company has been increasing the price by $4 per month. Find the rate at which revenue is changing when the company is selling widgets at $100 each.  


 dollars per month

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Matt M.

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JACQUES D.

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It's just something I put on my responses, as I spend time and expertise at no charge. It's not personal.
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Matt M.

The answer I got was 1880000. I know this is wrong, could you help me figure out where I went wrong?
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JACQUES D.

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I just saw your message. I'll check it within an hour
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JACQUES D.

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Sorry, I screwed up the derivative rather badly. Must have been late... dR/dt = 10000(sqrt(p+1) - p(1/2)(6p+1)^(-1/2)(6))dp/dt/(6p+1) dR/dt = (10000*4/601)*(sqrt(601)-300/sqrt(601)) = 817 Please redo the steps, don't just take the answer as given. Take care.
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