Suppose the wholesale price of a certain brand of medium-sized eggs p (in dollars/carton) is related to the weekly supply x (in thousands of cartons) by the equation 
.
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If 25,000 cartons of eggs are available at the beginning of a certain week and the supply is falling at the rate of 1,000 cartons/week, at what rate is the wholesale price changing? (Hint: To find the value of p when 
, solve the supply equation for p when 
).
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A. Increasing at the rate of 3.6 dollars/carton/wk
B. Increasing at the rate of 3.7 dollars/carton/wk
C. Dropping at the rate of 3.7 dollars/carton/wk
D. Dropping at the rate of 3.7 dollars/carton/wk
E. Dropping at the rate of 3.6 dollars/carton/wk
Answer: C
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A. 1 B. 0 C. 3 D. e3
Solve the following system by any appropriate method. If there is no real number solution, so state.
- 
= 1x + y + 5 = 0
A. (-6, -1)
B. (- 2, - 3)
C. (- 
, - 
)
D. (3, - 8)
Approximate with a scientific calculator. If necessary, round to four decimal places.antilog (-1.0631)
A. 0.3454 B. 0.0266 C. 0.0865 D. 0.0612
Solve the system. 
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- 
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- 
= 
A. 
B. {(-2, 1, 7)}
C. {(-2, 1, -7)}
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