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- In the following exercises, solve. Round answers to the nearest tenth. 284. A cell phone company estimates that by charging x dollars each for a certain cell phone, they can sell 8x cell phones per day. Use the quadratic function R(x)=x2+8x to find the revenue received when the selling price of a cell phone is x. Find the selling price that will give them the maximum revenue, and then find the amount of the maximum revenue.arrow_forwardIn the following exercises, solve. Round answers to the nearest tenth. 281. A computer store owner estimates that by charging x dollars each for a certain computer, he can sell 40x computers each week. The quadratic function R(x)=x2+40x is used to find the revenue, R, received when the selling price of a computer is x, Find the selling price that will give him the maximum revenue, and then find the amount of the maximum revenue.arrow_forwardIn the following exercises, solve. Round answers to the nearest tenth. 208. A veterinarian is enclosing a rectangular outdoor running area against his building for the dogshe cares for. He needs to maximize the area using 100 feet of fencing. The quadratic equation A=x(1002x) gives the area, A, of the dog run for the length, x, of the building that will border the dog run. Find the length of the building that should border the dog run to give the maximum area, and then find the maximum area of the dog run.arrow_forward
- In the following exercises, solve. Round answers to the nearest tenth. 280. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 122 ft/sec. Use the quadratic function h(t)=16t2+122t+0 to find how long it will take for the ball to reach its maxiumum height, and then find the maximum height.arrow_forwardIn the following exercises, solve. Round answers to the nearest tenth. 282. A retailer who sells backpacks estimates that by selling them for x dollars each, he will be able to sell 100x backpacks a month. The quadratic function R(x)=x2+100x is used to find the R, received when the selling price of a backpack is x. Find the selling price that will give him the maximum revenue, and then find the amount of the maximum revenue.arrow_forwardIn the following exercises, solve. Round answers to the nearest tenth. 279. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 109 ft/sec. Use the quadratic function h(t)=16t2+109t+0 to find how long it will take for the ball to reach its maximum height, and then find the maximum height.arrow_forward
- In the following exercises, solve. Round answers to the nearest tenth. 205. A computer store owner estimates that by charging x dollars each for a certain computer, he can sell 40x computers each week. The quadratic equation R=x2+40x is used to find the revenue, R, received when the selling price of a computer is x. Find the selling price that will give him the maximum revenue, and then find the amount of the maximum revenue.arrow_forwardIn the following exercises, solve. Rounding answers to the nearest tenth. 322. A daycare facility is enclosing a rectangular area along the side of their building for the children to play outdoors. They need to maximize the area using 180 feet of fencing on three sides of the yard. The quadratic equation A=2x2+180x gives the area, A, of the yard for the length, x, of the building that will border the yard. Find the length of the building that should border the yard to maximize the area, and then find the maximum area.arrow_forwardIn the following exercises, solve. Round answers to the nearest tenth. 206. A retailer who sells backpacks estimates that, by selling them for x dollars each, he will be able to sell 100x backpacks a month. The quadratic equation R=x2+100x is used to find the R received when the selling price of a backpack is x. Find the selling price that will give him the maximum revenue, and then find the amount of the maximum revenue.arrow_forward
- A toy rocket shot upward from the ground at a rate of 208 ft/sec has the quadratic equation of h=16t2+208t . When will the rocket reach its maximum height? What will be the maximum height? Round answers to the nearest tenth.arrow_forwardIn the following exercises, solve by using methods of factoring, the square root principle, or the Quadratic Formula. Round your answers to the nearest tenth. 157. A firework rocket is shot upward at a rate of 640 ft/sec. Use the projectile formula h=16t2+v0t to determine when the height of the firework rocket will be 1200 feet.arrow_forwardIn the following exercises, solve by using methods of factoring, the square root principle, or the quadratic formula. 296. A bullet is fired straight up from the ground at a velocity of 320 ft/sec. Use the formula h=16t2+v0t to determine when the bullet will reach 800 feet. Round to the nearest tenth.arrow_forward
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