Question:

At present, a firm is manufacturing $1000$ items. It is estimated that the rate of change of production $P$ with respect to additional number of workers $x$ is given by $\frac {dP}{dx}=100-12 \sqrt x$ If the firm employees $25$ more workers, then the new level of production of items is

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  • 2500
  • 3000
  • 3500
  • 4500
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The Correct Option is C

Solution and Explanation

Given, $\frac {dP}{dx}=100-12 \sqrt x$
$\Rightarrow \, \, \, \, dP=(100-12 \sqrt x) dx $
On integrating both sides, we get
$\, \, \, \, \, \int \limits dP= \int \limits \, (100-12 \sqrt x)dx$
$\, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, P=100x-8x^{3/2}+ C$
When $x=0$, then $P=2000 \Rightarrow C=2000 $
Now, when $x = 25$, then is
$\, \, \, \, \, P=100 \times 25-8 \times (25)^{3/2}+2000 $
$\, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, =2500-8 \times 125+2000 $
$\, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, \, =4500-1000=3500 $
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Differential Equations

A differential equation is an equation that contains one or more functions with its derivatives. The derivatives of the function define the rate of change of a function at a point. It is mainly used in fields such as physics, engineering, biology and so on.

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The first-order differential equation has a degree equal to 1. All the linear equations in the form of derivatives are in the first order. It has only the first derivative such as dy/dx, where x and y are the two variables and is represented as: dy/dx = f(x, y) = y’

Second-Order Differential Equation

The equation which includes second-order derivative is the second-order differential equation. It is represented as; d/dx(dy/dx) = d2y/dx2 = f”(x) = y”.

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