PROBLEM SET 4 / PROVING SET 4

1. Suppose that the revenue R, in dollars, from selling x cell phones, in hundreds,
is ( ) = −1.2 2 + 220 . The cost C, in dollars, of selling x cellphones is
= 0.05 3 − 2 2 + 65 + 500.

(a) Find the profit function, ( ) = ( ) − ( ).

(b) Find the profit if = 15 hundred cellphones are sold.
(c) Interpret (15)

2. Some functions f have the property that ( + ) = ( ) + ( ) for real

numbers a and b. Which of the following functions below have this property?

2
(a) ℎ( ) = 2 (b) ( ) =
1
(c) ( ) = 5 − 2 (d) ( ) =

1
3. Are the functions ( )= − 1 and ( ) = the same? Explain.
+1

II. Answer the questions about the given functions.

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