Question

A food processing plant has a plant has a particular problem with the processing of perishable foods .All deliveries must be processed in a single day, although there are a number of processing machines available, they are very expensive to run. A research developed the formula: Y=12x-2a-a, to describe the profit (Y in thousands) given the number of machines used (x) and number of deliveries in a day. - show that the system is uneconomical if four deliveries are made in a day - if these deliveries are made in a day,find the number of machines that would be used in order that profit is maximized Hint : find Maxima​

Answer 1

Explanation:

To show that the system is uneconomical if four deliveries are made in a day, we need to find the profit (Y) for x machines and 4 deliveries:

Y = 12x - 2a - a (for 4 deliveries)

Y = 12x - 3a

We know that processing all deliveries must be done in a single day, so we have:

a = 4x

Substituting this into the profit formula, we get:

Y = 12x - 3(4x)

Y = 0

This means that the profit (Y) is zero when four deliveries are made in a day, making the system uneconomical.

To find the number of machines that would be used in order for profit to be maximized for four deliveries in a day, we need to differentiate the profit formula with respect to x and set it equal to zero to find the maximum:

dY/dx = 12 - 6a = 0 (for a = 4x)

Solving for x, we get:

12 - 6(4x) = 0

12 - 24x = 0

x = 1/2

Therefore, the maximum profit would be obtained by using 1/2 of a machine (which is not physically possible, so we would round up to one machine) for processing four deliveries in a day.