Derivatives and Marginal Revenue Explained
Derivatives and Marginal Revenue Explained
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Objectives
• To find derivatives of powers of x
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Difference Rule
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If
Solution:
Example 8 – Power Rule with Radicals
If we write this function as y = f(u) =
with u = x2 – 1, we can find the derivative. Find the derivatives of
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Exercises:
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1-8;11-20;27-30; Applications: Marginals and
39-46; 48,49 Derivatives
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1-22;
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A firm in a competitive market must sell its product Thus the profit function is
for $200 per unit. The cost per unit (per month) is 80
+ x, where x represents the number of units sold per
month. Find the marginal profit function.
Solution:
If the cost per unit is 80 + x, then the total cost of x units The marginal profit is
is given by the equation
Graphs of a company’s total revenue and total (a) If 100 units are being produced and sold, will
cost functions. producing the 101st item increase or decrease the
profit?
(b) At x = 300, we can see that the tangent line to (c) At x = 1000, we can see that the tangent line to
R(x) again will be steeper than the tangent line to C(x) will be steeper than the tangent line to R(x).
C(x).
Hence which means that the Hence which means that the cost
revenue from the 301st item will exceed the cost. of the 1001st item will exceed the revenue.
Therefore, profit will increase when the 301st item
is produced.
Therefore, profit will decrease when the 1001st item
is produced.
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Relative Maxima and Minima:
Curve Sketching
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Relative Maxima and Minima: Curve Sketching Relative Maxima and Minima: Curve Sketching
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Relative Maxima and Minima: Curve Sketching Relative Maxima and Minima: Curve Sketching
Figure (a) shows the graph of a function, and Figure (b)
Increasing and Decreasing Functions shows the graph of its derivative. The figures show that
the graph of y = f (x) is increasing for the same x-values
for which the graph of is above the x-axis (when
f (x) > 0).
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Similarly, the graph of y = f (x) is decreasing for the same Relative Maximum and Minimum
x-values (–1 < x < 3) for which the graph of y’=f’(x) is
below the x-axis (when f (x) < 0).
The derivative f (x) can change signs only at values of x at
which f (x) = 0 or f (x) is undefined. We call these values Figure 2 shows a function
of x critical values. The point corresponding to a critical with two relative maxima, one
at x = x1 and the second at
value for x is a critical point. x = x3, and one relative minimum
Because a curve changes from increasing to decreasing at at x = x2. At x = x1 and x = x2,
a relative maximum and from decreasing to increasing at we see that f(x) = 0, and at
x = x3 the derivative does not
a relative minimum (see Figures (a)), we have the exist.
following. Figure 2
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Using the critical values of f(x) and the sign of f(x) between
Thus we can find relative maxima and minima for a curve those critical values, we can create a sign diagram for
by finding values of x for which the function has critical f(x). The sign diagram for the graph in Figure 2 is shown in
points. The behavior of the derivative to the left and Figure 3.
right of (and near) these points will tell us whether they
are relative maxima, relative minima, or neither.
Because the critical values are the only values at which
the graph can have turning points, the derivative cannot
change sign anywhere except at a critical value. Thus, in Figure 2 Figure 3
an interval between two critical values, the sign of the This sign diagram was created from the graph of f, but it is
derivative at any value in the interval will be the sign of also possible to predict the shape of a graph from a sign
the derivative at all values in the interval. diagram.
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Figure 4 shows the two ways that a function can Following is the procedure for finding relative maxima
have a relative maximum at a critical point, and and minima of a function.
Figure 5 shows the two ways for a relative
minimum.
Figure 4
Figure 5
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Note that we substitute the critical values into the
original function f (x) to find the y-values of the
critical points, but we test for relative maxima and
minima by substituting values near the critical values
into the derivative of the function, f (x).
If the first derivative of f is 0 at x0 but does not change
from positive to negative or from negative to positive
as x passes through x0, then the critical point at x0 is
(a) (b) neither a relative maximum nor a relative minimum.
Figure 6 In this case we say that f has a horizontal point of
inflection (abbreviated HPI) at x0.
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Example 1 ExAdvertising
Example 2
Find the relative maxima, relative minima, and The weekly sales S of a product during an advertising
horizontal points of inflection of campaign are given by
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Figure 10.21
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Objectives
• To find absolute maxima and minima
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Absolute Extrema
Figure (a)
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Note that the relative minimum is the lowest point on However, if the domain of the function is restricted to
the graph. In this case, the point (1, 0) is an absolute the interval [1/2, 2] then we get the graph shown in
minimum point, and 0 is the absolute minimum for the Figure (b).
function.
Similarly, when there is a point that is the highest point In this case, there is an absolute
on the graph over the domain of the function, we call the maximum of 1 at the point (2, 1) and
point an absolute maximum point of the graph of the the absolute minimum of 0 is still
function. at (1, 0).
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If the domain of y = (x – 1)2 is restricted to the As the preceding discussion indicates, if the domain
interval [2, 3], the resulting graph is that shown in of a continuous function is limited to a closed
Figure (c). interval, the absolute maximum or minimum may
occur at an endpoint of the domain.
In this case, the absolute minimum In testing functions with limited domains for
is 1 and occurs at the point (2, 1), absolute maxima and minima, we must compare the
and the absolute maximum is 4 and function values at the endpoints of the domain with
occurs at (3, 4). the function values at the critical values found by
taking derivatives.
Figure (c)
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The table shows how the revenue is changed by Thus when x is the number of people added to the
increases in the size of the group. 25, the total revenue will be
or
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Objective
• To find certain indefinite integrals
3.4
Indefinite Integrals
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But the function could also be because The process of finding an antiderivative is also called
integration. The function that results when integration
takes place is called an indefinite integral or, more
simply, an integral.
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Find the total revenue function for the product. Then find
the total revenue from the sale of 1000 motherboards.
Solution:
We know that the marginal revenue can be found by
differentiating the total revenue function.
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Objective
To evaluate integrals of the form
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Differentials Differentials
Our goal in this section is to extend the Powers of x
Formula, Differentials
(b)
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Objectives
To evaluate integrals of the form or,
equivalently,
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Figure
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Objectives
• To use integration to find total cost functions from
information involving marginal cost
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But if x = 7, profit is
Thus The graphs of C(x) and R(x) are shown in Figure 12.8.
Figure 12.8
R(0) = 0 means From the figure we see that a profit can be made as
long as the number of units sold exceeds about 95
(thousand).
Thus
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thousand units, profit will be maximized when x = 1-14;
180 and the maximum profit is
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Objectives
• To evaluate definite integrals using the Fundamental
Theorem of Calculus
3.5
The Definite Integral: The • To use definite integrals to find the area under a curve
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
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Objectives
• To use definite integrals to find total income, present
value, and future value of continuous income streams
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Because both the pump and the oil field “wear out” with
time, the continuous stream of income is a function of
time.
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in thousands of dollars per year. Find an estimate of Thus the total income is approximately $2,594,000.
the total income from this well over the next 10
years.
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The price p1 where the graphs Those consumers willing to pay more than $p1 are
of these functions intersect benefiting from the lower price. The total gain for all
is the equilibrium price
(see Figure (a)). those consumers willing to pay more than $p1 is
called the consumer’s surplus, and under proper
As the demand curve shows, assumptions the area of the shaded region in Figure
some consumers (but not all) (a) represents this consumer’s surplus.
would be willing to pay more
than $p1 for the product.
Figure (a)
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Figure (b)
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The graphs of the supply and demand functions The consumer’s surplus is given by
are shown in Figure.
Figure c)
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Figure (d)
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The equilibrium point is x = 4 million units, p = The producer’s surplus is $50.67 million. See Figure.
$20. The producer’s surplus is given by
Figure
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Evaluate Evaluate
(a) and (b)
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Set
Then
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and that money is worth 8%, compounded The value of the first integral is
continuously.
Find the present value of the piece of equipment.
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