Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH104/December 2012/Question 04 (a)
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Question 04 (a) |
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The demand equation for a certain product is where q is the number of units per hour the manufacturer can sell at a price of p dollars per unit. Calculate q and when the price is set at $4. |
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To calculate you can use implicit differentiation. Alternatively, you can solve for in terms of and then differentiate. |
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Solution 1 |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. To determine when is simply a matter of substituting into the demand equation and solving for . We ignore the negative solution since it is not possible to have negative demand. Therefore To determine , we use implicit differentiation. Substituting the values into the expression gives the value of : |
Solution 2 |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Instead of implicitly differentiating, we first solve the equation for q and then differentiate normally. Then Substituting in gives |