The wholesale price for chicken for a country fell from 25¢ per pound to 14¢ per pound, while per capita chicken consumption rose from 21.5 pounds per year to 27 pounds per year. Assuming that the demand for chicken depends linearly on the price, what wholesale price for chicken maximizes revenues for poultry farmers?
¢ per pound

What does that revenue amount to? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)
$

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The wholesale price for chicken for a country fell from 25¢ per pound to 14¢ per pound, while per capita chicken consumption rose from 21.5 pounds per year to 27 pounds per year. Assuming that the demand for chicken depends linearly on the price, what wholesale price for chicken maximizes revenues for poultry farmers?
 ¢ per pound

What does that revenue amount to? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)
$

anonymous · Answer

dang what city is this, I wanna move there

anonymous · Answer

kinda what i was thinking, ive never seen chicken that cheap.

anonymous · Answer

You can find the answer here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110430094212AAAqJQw

anonymous · Answer

but realistically you cant, because the person never did that question.

anonymous · Answer

Oh oops

anonymous · Answer

Here I found one that shows you how to do it, you just have to substitute your numbers in. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111208154005AAn7NgA