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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) §3.2 Maximum and Minimum Problems, #32 · Calculus · Optimization

We receive … when the price per pizza is … ____

, we make and sell x pizzas. The income is R(x) = ax + bx2 and the cost is C(x) = c + dx + ex2.

We receive $R (x) = a x + b x^{2}$ when the price per pizza is $p (x) =$ ____. In reverse: When the price is $p$ we sell $x =$ ____ pizzas (a function of $p$ ). We expect $b < 0$ because ____.

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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) · §3.2 Maximum and Minimum Problems, #32

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