homework help
Username
Password
Homework helpPost homework
questionPost homework answerMy homework help
Save on Textbooks!



Other
  Other Homework Help ( 1213 )
Math
  Math- Algebra 1 ( 2437 )
  Math- Algebra 2 ( 1189 )
  Math- Calculus ( 381 )
  Math- Geometry ( 594 )
  Math- Other ( 1522 )
  Math- Precalculus ( 408 )
  Math- Trigonometry ( 285 )
Biology
  Biology- Animal ( 155 )
  Biology- Cell ( 530 )
  Biology- Ecological ( 109 )
  Biology- General ( 651 )
  Biology- Microbiology ( 100 )
Business
  Business- Accounting ( 674 )
  Business- Finance ( 511 )
  Business- Other ( 454 )
Chemistry
  Chemistry- Biochem ( 162 )
  Chemistry- Organic ( 166 )
  Chemistry- Other ( 1330 )
Economics
  Economics- Macroeconomics ( 829 )
  Economics- Microeconomics ( 610 )
Essay Service
  Essay Correction ( 96 )
  Essay Writing ( 396 )
History
  History- World ( 831 )
  US History- Post 1877 ( 472 )
  US History- Pre 1877 ( 347 )
Language
  English ( 829 )
  Foreign Languages ( 118 )
  World Literature ( 196 )
Physics
  Physics- Electricity, Magnetism ( 248 )
  Physics- General ( 1736 )
  Physics- Mechanical, Heat, Sound ( 343 )
  Physics- Wave, Quantum Physics ( 114 )
z Medical Questions

Your Question
Inflation


Total monthly costs, in dollars, to produce x units ( 1unit is 100 capsules):

C(x)= 15000 +10x
15000 + 10x + .001(x-11000)^2

Sales: 10000 units per month and growing at 1.25% per month, compounded continuously
Selling Price: $34 per unit
Inflation: Approximately .25% per month, compounded continuously, affecting both total costs and selling price

Company owners are pleased with the sales growth but are concerned about the projected increase in variable costs when production levels excel 11000 units per month. The consensus is that improvements eventually can be made that will reduce costs at higher production levels, thus altering the current cost function models. To plan properly for these changes, Hollingsworth Pharm. Would like you to determine when the company’s profits will begin to decrease. To help you determine this, answer the following:

1. If inflation is assumed to be compounded continuously, the selling price and total costs must be multiplied by the factor e^.0025t. In addition, if sales growth is assumed to be compounded continuously, then sales must be multiplied by a factor of the form e^rt. Where r is the monthly sales growth rate (expressed as a decimal) and t is time in months. Use these factors to write each of the following as a function of time t:
a) selling price p per unit (including inflation)
34(X)e^.0025t
b) number of units x sold per month (including sales)
(X)e^.01252t
c) total revenue (recall that R = px)
(34Xe^.0025t)(Xe^.0125t)

2. Determine how many months it will be before monthly sales exceed 11,000 units
(34(11,000)e^.0025t)((11,000)e^.0025t)
3. C(x) can be re written as
C(x) = 136000 – 12x + .001x^2
Use this form with your result from Question 1(b) and with the inflationary factor e^.0025t to express these total costs as a function of time.



Please Login to Answer the Question
LOGIN


wireless broadband  Online Courses | Cheap Car Insurance  |  CRM  |  
Copyright © 2003-2009 StudentQuestions.comTerms of Service | Resources