Question

Suppose that a manufacturer of a gas clothes dryer has found that when the unit price is p dollars, the revenue R in dollars is R(p)=-2p^2+6,000p. A) At what prices p is revenue zero? B) For what range of prices will revenue exceed $500,000?

Answer 1

A) set R = 0 and solve for p (quadratic formula would work here)
B) set R > 500,000 and solve for P