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johnhuntsman
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My professor had asked that I solve the follwing problem using Newton's Method and the Trapezoidal Rule:
"A company modeled the demand curve for its product (in dollars) by the equation
p = (800000e^(- x / 5000)) / (x + 20000).
Use Newton's Method to estimate the sales level (x I'm pretty sure) when the selling price is $16. Then find the approximate consumer surplus for this level."
I'm currently stuck on how Newton's Method is meant to find x when p = 16.
The derivative of p is:
- (160e^(- x / 5000) * (x + 25000)) / (x + 20000) ^ 2
"A company modeled the demand curve for its product (in dollars) by the equation
p = (800000e^(- x / 5000)) / (x + 20000).
Use Newton's Method to estimate the sales level (x I'm pretty sure) when the selling price is $16. Then find the approximate consumer surplus for this level."
I'm currently stuck on how Newton's Method is meant to find x when p = 16.
The derivative of p is:
- (160e^(- x / 5000) * (x + 25000)) / (x + 20000) ^ 2
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