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Given a demand function p= 100-2q, find the revenue maximising quantity and the total revenue.

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Answer:

q = 25

revenue = 1250

Explanation:

Given demand function p = 100 -2q, you want the maximum revenue and the quantity that produces it.

Revenue

Revenue is the product of quantity and price:

R = pq = (100 -2q)q = 2(50 -q)q

The revenue function describes a downward-opening parabola with zeros at q=0 and q=50. Revenue will be maximized by a quantity that is the average of these values:

q = (0 +50)/2 = 25

The revenue-maximizing quantity is 25.

Total revenue at that quantity is ... R = 2(50 -25)(25) = 2·25² = 1250.

The maximum revenue is 1250.

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