An oil refinery produces one base type of crude oil. The total cost is given by the equation Total Cost, TC = 50,000+20.2D +0.0001D². The sales price in dollars per barrel is 35. At what level of production in barrels/week is cost/barrel minimum? What is the minimum cost per barrel? What is the maximum weekly profit that the company can make? At what level of production is the maximum weekly

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An oil refinery produces one base
type of crude oil. The total cost is
given by the equation
Total Cost, TC = 50,000 +20.2D
+0.0001D². The sales price in
dollars per barrel is 35.
At what level of
production in barrels/week is
cost/barrel minimum?
What is the
minimum cost per barrel?
What is the
maximum weekly profit that the
company can make?
At what level of
production is the maximum weekly
Transcribed Image Text:An oil refinery produces one base type of crude oil. The total cost is given by the equation Total Cost, TC = 50,000 +20.2D +0.0001D². The sales price in dollars per barrel is 35. At what level of production in barrels/week is cost/barrel minimum? What is the minimum cost per barrel? What is the maximum weekly profit that the company can make? At what level of production is the maximum weekly
Al Wildl level vi
production in barrels/week is
cost/barrel minimum?
What is the
minimum cost per barrel?
What is the
maximum weekly profit that the
company can make?
At what level of
production is the maximum weekly
profit attainable?
and
Over what range
of production is profit possible?
Express answers in whole numbers
and write the numerical values only.
Transcribed Image Text:Al Wildl level vi production in barrels/week is cost/barrel minimum? What is the minimum cost per barrel? What is the maximum weekly profit that the company can make? At what level of production is the maximum weekly profit attainable? and Over what range of production is profit possible? Express answers in whole numbers and write the numerical values only.
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