Chapter 3: Problem 1
Give an example in which one dimension of a geometric figure changes and produces a corresponding change in the area or volume of the figure.
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Chapter 3: Problem 1
Give an example in which one dimension of a geometric figure changes and produces a corresponding change in the area or volume of the figure.
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Let \(C(x)\) represent the cost of producing \(x\) items and \(p(x)\) be the sale price per item if \(x\) items are sold. The profit \(P(x)\) of selling x items is \(P(x)=x p(x)-C(x)\) (revenue minus costs). The average profit per item when \(x\) items are sold is \(P(x) / x\) and the marginal profit is dP/dx. The marginal profit approximates the profit obtained by selling one more item given that \(x\) items have already been sold. Consider the following cost functions \(C\) and price functions \(p\). a. Find the profit function \(P\). b. Find the average profit function and marginal profit function. c. Find the average profit and marginal profit if \(x=a\) units are sold. d. Interpret the meaning of the values obtained in part \((c)\). $$C(x)=-0.02 x^{2}+50 x+100, p(x)=100, a=500$$
General logarithmic and exponential derivatives Compute the following derivatives. Use logarithmic differentiation where appropriate. $$\frac{d}{d x}(2 x)^{2 x}$$.
\(F=f / g\) be the quotient of two functions that are differentiable at \(x\) a. Use the definition of \(F^{\prime}\) to show that $$ \frac{d}{d x}\left(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}\right)=\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x+h) g(x)-f(x) g(x+h)}{h g(x+h) g(x)} $$ b. Now add \(-f(x) g(x)+f(x) g(x)\) (which equals 0 ) to the numerator in the preceding limit to obtain $$\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x+h) g(x)-f(x) g(x)+f(x) g(x)-f(x) g(x+h)}{h g(x+h) g(x)}$$ Use this limit to obtain the Quotient Rule. c. Explain why \(F^{\prime}=(f / g)^{\prime}\) exists, whenever \(g(x) \neq 0\)
Suppose you forgot the Quotient Rule for calculating \(\frac{d}{d x}\left(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}\right) .\) Use the Chain Rule and Product Rule with the identity \(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=f(x)(g(x))^{-1}\) to derive the Quotient Rule.
a. Identify the inner function \(g\) and the outer function \(f\) for the composition \(f(g(x))=e^{k x},\) where \(k\) is a real number. b. Use the Chain Rule to show that \(\frac{d}{d x}\left(e^{k x}\right)=k e^{k x}\).
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