Suppose you have a company that produces and sells shoes: The cost of producing 6,000 pairs of shoes is $81,500 and 16,000 pairs of shoes for $165,000. each pair produced can be sold for $21; There is a website where your shoes can be viewed. The traffic on the website is a variable amount, and each view generates $0.005; The employees are paid 15% of the profit function; The director wants monthly deposits to save $5,000,000 at 5.10% in 30 years; and Additional money is saved for your position for only the first month. You want to make $250,000 at 5.70% compounded continuously for 20 years. Leading Question: How would you represent the above situation?   Suppose in the first month, you sold 10,000 pairs of shoes and half a million views on the website. What is the first month's outcome? How does the second month's model differ from the first month?

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Suppose you have a company that produces and sells shoes:

  • The cost of producing 6,000 pairs of shoes is $81,500 and 16,000 pairs of shoes for $165,000. each pair produced can be sold for $21;
  • There is a website where your shoes can be viewed. The traffic on the website is a variable amount, and each view generates $0.005;
  • The employees are paid 15% of the profit function;
  • The director wants monthly deposits to save $5,000,000 at 5.10% in 30 years; and
  • Additional money is saved for your position for only the first month. You want to make $250,000 at 5.70% compounded continuously for 20 years.

    Leading Question: How would you represent the above situation?

 

  1. Suppose in the first month, you sold 10,000 pairs of shoes and half a million views on the website. What is the first month's outcome?
  2. How does the second month's model differ from the first month?
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