CBSE Class 12-science Answered
Suppose a company manufactures x units.
And the cost of manufacturing these x units comes out to be a cost function given as c(x)=2x3 -60x2 +1500. Definitely the company would like to minimise its cost to attain maximum profit. So here we would like to know how many units should be manufactured to get minimum cost,
Asked by Topperlearning User | 19 Aug, 2014, 08:45: AM
Expert Answer
We will find out that using our second derivative test.
For that we need to differentiate this function
We get
Taking to find extreme points
6x(x - 20)=0
Since x≠0 because x=0 means no production so we take x=20.
Now, to check whether this will maximise or minimise cost. We need to find the second derivative, which is
This second derivative at x=20 is
12 x 20 – 120 = 240 – 120 = 120
which is positive.
This indicates that x=20 is a point of local minima.
Hence, we can say cost is minimum when 20 units of items are produced.
Answered by | 19 Aug, 2014, 10:45: AM
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