As assistant vice president in charge of production for a computer firm, you are asked to calculate the cost of producing 170 computers. the production function is q = min{x, y} where x and y are the amounts of two factors used. the price of x is $18 and the price of y is $10. what is your answer?

Determine whether the following statements are true and give an explanation or counterexample. bold a. when using the shell method, the axis of the cylindrical shells is parallel to the axis of revolution. bold b. if a region is revolved about the y-axis, then the shell method must be used. bold c. if a region is revolved about the x-axis, then in principle it is possible to use the disk/washer method and integrate with respect to x or the shell method and integrate with respect to y.

Rena is building a 1: 180 scale model of a real castle. her model has a rectangular base that is 3 feet wide and 4 feet long what is the area of the base of the actual castle in square feet

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (–4, 0) and (6, 0). the y-intercept of the first parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0, –24). what is the positive difference between the a values for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth