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T-Shirt Profit   Two fraternities, Sig Ep and Ep Sig, plan to raise money jointly to benefit homeless people on Long Island. They will sell Yoda vs. Alien T-shirts in the student center, but are not sure how much to charge. Sig Ep treasurer Augustus recalls that they once sold 150 shirts in a week at $7 per shirt, but Ep Sig treasurer Julius has solid research indicating that it is possible to sell 350 per week at $3 per shirt.(a)On the basis of this information, construct a linear demand equation for Yoda vs. Alien T-shirts. Hence obtain the weekly revenue R as a function of the unit price x.R(x) = (b)The university administration charges the fraternities a weekly fee of $200 for use of the student center. Write down the weekly profit P as a function of the unit price x.P(x) = Determine how much the fraternities should charge (in dollars per T-shirt) to obtain the largest possible weekly profit.x = $ per T-shirtWhat is the largest possible weekly profit (in dollars)?$

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T-Shirt Profit   Two fraternities, Sig Ep and Ep Sig, plan to raise money jointly to benefit homeless people on Long Island. They will sell Yoda vs. Alien T-shirts in the student center, but are not sure how much to charge. Sig Ep treasurer Augustus recalls that they once sold 150 shirts in a week at 7pershirt,butEpSigtreasurerJuliushassolidresearchindicatingthatitispossibletosell350perweekat7 per shirt, but Ep Sig treasurer Julius has solid research indicating that it is possible to sell 350 per week at 3 per shirt.(a)On the basis of this information, construct a linear demand equation for Yoda vs. Alien T-shirts. Hence obtain the weekly revenue R as a function of the unit price x.R(x) = (b)The university administration charges the fraternities a weekly fee of 200foruseofthestudentcenter.WritedowntheweeklyprofitPasafunctionoftheunitpricex.P(x)=Determinehowmuchthefraternitiesshouldcharge(indollarsperTshirt)toobtainthelargestpossibleweeklyprofit.x=200 for use of the student center. Write down the weekly profit P as a function of the unit price x.P(x) = Determine how much the fraternities should charge (in dollars per T-shirt) to obtain the largest possible weekly profit.x = per T-shirtWhat is the largest possible weekly profit (in dollars)?$

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To solve this problem, we first need to construct a linear demand equation. We know that the demand equation is of the form D = mP + b, where D is the demand, P is the price, m is the slope, and b is the y-intercept.

We have two points from the problem: (7, 150) and (3, 350). We can use these to find the slope m:

m = (350 - 150) / (3 - 7) = 200 / -4 = -50

So, the demand decreases by 50 shirts for each dollar increase in price.

To find b, we can substitute one of our points into the equation and solve for b. Using the point (7, 150):

150 = -50*7 + b b = 150 + 350 = 500

So, our demand equation is D = -50P + 500.

The weekly revenue R as a function of the unit price x is then R(x) = xD = x(-50x + 500) = -50x^2 + 500x.

The weekly profit P as a function of the unit price x is P(x) = R(x) - 200 = -50x^2 + 500x - 200.

To find the price that maximizes profit, we can take the derivative of the profit function and set it equal to zero:

P'(x) = -100x + 500 = 0 -100x = -500 x = 5

So, the fraternities should charge $5 per T-shirt to obtain the largest possible weekly profit.

To find the largest possible weekly profit, we substitute x = 5 into the profit function:

P(5) = -505^2 + 5005 - 200 = -1250 + 2500 - 200 = $1050.

This problem has been solved

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