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136.152: Test #120 minutes
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1. The line has a slope equal to 3 and passes through the point . Write the equation of .
Equation of : .
2. The demand function is given by , and the supply function is given by , where is the price of one item. What is the equilibrium price? Show your work.
Equilibrium price happens when So we solve . Get , so , so , so is the equilibrium price.
3. The cost function is given by , where is the number of produced articles.
(a) What is the fixed cost?
(b) If one item sells at $50, what is the profit if there are items produced and sold? Show your work.
(a) The fixed cost is 100 (=).
(b) The cost for producing 60 items is (from the formula) . The revenue from selling 60 items is So the profit is .
4. Find the domain of the function .
The domain consists of all numbers such that , i.e., all numbers not equal to 1.