Suppose in Exercise 5 that the producer is subjected to a tax of $10 per thousand units. What should his production level be in order to maximize profits?
Exercise 5
If the cost equation in Exercise 1 is C(x) = 0.5x2 + x + 1, what price should be charged to maximize profit?
Exercise 1
A producer finds that demand for his commodity obeys a linear demand equation p + 2x = 100 where p is in dollars and x in thousands of units.
(a) Find the level of production that will maximize revenue. If the producer s costs are given by C(x) = 2 + 3x what should his level of production be to maximize profits?