Problem:A publishing house has found that in a certain city each of its salespeople will sell approximately, |
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1/2000 ---- + 1/100 s - s
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units per month, at a price of p dollars/unit, where s denotes the total
number of salespeople employed and r is the amount of money spent each month
on local advertising. Express the total revenue R as a function of p,r and s.
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Solution:
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R = |1/2000 ---- + 1/100 s - s| p s - r
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