Every year, the Gambo Toy Company releases a collector's set of miniature stuffed animals. The company has found that when it charges more per set, it sells fewer sets that year. Its revenue from selling the stuffed-animal sets, in dollars, can be modeled by the expression p(2,400−30p), where p is the price per set in dollars. This expression can be written in factored form as −30p(p−80).What does the number 80 represent in the expression?Choices:(A)the price per stuffed-animal set in dollars so that Gambo's revenue is zero(B)Gambo's minimum revenue in dollars(C)Gambo's maximum revenue in dollars(D)the price per stuffed-animal set in dollars that maximizes Gambo's revenue
Q. Every year, the Gambo Toy Company releases a collector's set of miniature stuffed animals. The company has found that when it charges more per set, it sells fewer sets that year. Its revenue from selling the stuffed-animal sets, in dollars, can be modeled by the expression p(2,400−30p), where p is the price per set in dollars. This expression can be written in factored form as −30p(p−80).What does the number 80 represent in the expression?Choices:(A)the price per stuffed-animal set in dollars so that Gambo's revenue is zero(B)Gambo's minimum revenue in dollars(C)Gambo's maximum revenue in dollars(D)the price per stuffed-animal set in dollars that maximizes Gambo's revenue
Roots of Revenue Function: The root p=0 is obvious, as if the price is $0, the revenue will be $0. The other root is p=80. This means that if the price per set is $80, the revenue will also be $0.
Maximum Revenue at Vertex: Since the revenue is modeled by a quadratic equation, the maximum revenue occurs at the vertex of the parabola. The vertex form of a quadratic equation is y=a(x−h)2+k, where (h,k) is the vertex of the parabola.
Price Maximizing Revenue: In the expression −30p(p−80), the value p=80 corresponds to the h in the vertex form, which means it's the price that maximizes revenue.
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