Allama Allama Iqbal Open University Open University
Allama Allama Iqbal Open University Open University
(a) An economist believes there is a linear relationship between the market 18+15=33
price of a particular commodity and the number of units suppliers of the
commodity are willing to bring to the marketplace. Two sample
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observations indicate that when the price equals $15 per unit, the weekly
supply equals 30,000 units; and when the price equals $20 per unit, the
weekly supply equals 48,000 units.
(i) If price per unit, p, is plotted on the horizontal axis and the quantity
supplied q is plotted on the vertical axis, determine the slope-intercept form
of the equation of the line which passes through these two points.
(ii) Interpret the slope of the equation in this application.
(iii) Predict the weekly supply if the market price equals $25 per unit.
(b) Global Insurance Company has four salespeople working in Hill town. The
number of policies sold during the last month is given in matrix A, as
(a) Find fx(x,y), fy(x,y), fx(1,3), and fy(-2,4) for the given function. If 12+15+7=34
𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 3𝑥 𝑦 − 𝑥 𝑦 + 4𝑥 + 9
(b) A firm estimates that it can sell Q units of its product with an advertising
expenditure of x thousand dollars where
𝑄 = 𝑄(𝑥) = −𝑥 + 600𝑥 + 25
i) Over what level of advertising expenditure is the number of units of
c) Determine the location and values of the absolute maximum and absolute
minimum for the given function:
𝑓(𝑥) = (−𝑥 + 2) , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3