Problem

9 A craft artist is producing items and selling them in a local market. The selling price, $£ P$, of an item is inversely proportional to the number of items produced, $n$ 9 (a) When $n=10, P=24$ Show that $P=\frac{240}{n}$ [1 mark] $\& \ln$ 9 (b) The production cost, $£ C$, of an item is inversely proportional to the square of the number of items produced, $n$ When $n=10, C=60$ Find the set of values of $n$ for which $P>C$ [4 marks]

Solution

Step 1 :\(Pn=k\)

Step 2 :\(24\times10=k\)

Step 3 :\(k=240\)

Step 4 :\(P=\frac{240}{n}\)

Step 5 :\(Cn^2=k'\)

Step 6 :\(60\times10^2=k'\)

Step 7 :\(k'=6000\)

Step 8 :\(C=\frac{6000}{n^2}\)

Step 9 :\(P>C\)

Step 10 :\(\frac{240}{n}>\frac{6000}{n^2}\)

Step 11 :\(n^2>25n\)

Step 12 :\(n^2-25n>0\)

Step 13 :\(n(n-25)>0\)

Step 14 :\boxed{0

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