A farmer wants to find the best time to take her hogs to market. The current price is 108 cents per pound and her hogs weigh an average of 90 pounds. The hogs gain 5 pounds per week and the K market price for hogs is falling each week by 2 cents per pound. How many weeks should she wait before taking her hogs to market in order to receive as much money as possible? She should wait weeks.

A farmer wants to find the best time to take her hogs to market. The current price is 108 cents per pound and her hogs weigh an average of 90 pounds. The hogs gain 5 pounds per week and the K market price for hogs is falling each week by 2 cents per pound. How many weeks should she wait before taking her hogs to market in order to receive as much money as possible? She should wait weeks.

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

(REV)00th Edition

ISBN:9780395977224

Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Chapter4: Polynomials

Section4.8: Rate-time-distance Problems

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