() Dr. Bob sets up a new company, Alpha Electronics, producing specialized but...

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() Dr. Bob sets up a new company, Alpha Electronics, producing specialized but low tech computer chips. The demand q in thousands of chips per month is related to the price p in dollars by
q(p)=20e-p
Note that there is still demand q>0 even for very large prices p(some consumers need these chips no matter the cost). The chip factory has fixed costs of $1,000 per month and each chip costs $1 to manufacture.
(a)(1 mark) Find the inverse of the demand curve, the function p(q).
(b)(2 marks) Find the profit function P(x) in thousands of dollars per month where x is the production of the factory in thousands per month matching demand )=(x.
(c)(2 marks) Find the maximum profit per month and the corresponding production x. Give a short justification of how you know this is the maximum. producing y thousand chips per month.
(a)(1 mark) Find P(x,y) and Q(x,y), the profit functions for the Alpha and Beta factories, respectively. Note that the price the chips can be sold at corresponds to the demand of the combined production q=x+y.
(b)(2 marks) If the two companies agree to produce the same amount x=y what is the maximum profit they can each achieve and the corresponding production x?
(c)(1 mark) Explain in words (one sentence) why the combined profit of the two companies is lower than the maximum profit of one producer from question #2. Electronics realizes that they can increase profits by changing their production y. Note that this question will require a calculator or other computational tools for numerical answers.
(a)(2 marks) Write Q(y) in this situation and calculate Q'(y).
(b)(2 marks) Find the appropriate critical point for Q using Newton's method. Show the iteration formula, your initial estimate of the root of Q', and the next three iterates. Also show the critical point value that you believe is accurate to four decimal places.
(c)(2 marks) Compute the optimal profit for Beta Electronics in this scenario. What is the profit for Alpha Electronics now (still producing at x from the previous question)?
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