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How fast is the price changing?

The demand equation for rubies at Royal Ruby Retailers is given by the formula below, where q is the number of rubies RRR can sell per week at p dollars per ruby.

q+(4/3)p=70

RRR finds that the demand for its rubies is currently 15 rubies per week and is dropping at a rate of one ruby per week. How fast is the price changing? (Give your answer to the nearest cent.)

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  • M3
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    p = 0.75(70-q) = 52.5 - 0.75q

    this is a linear relationship

    when q drops by 1/week,

    price will rise by $0.75/week

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  • 9 years ago

    i am also in need of this answer too.

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