Optimization in Economics

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One way can apply our knowledge of extrema is to use it to better understand our applications to Economics.

Let's look at a few more examples.

At the end of this section you should be able to answer the following questions:

  1. How can we find extrema of Cost, Revenue, and Profit Functions?

Check Your Understanding
You should try these problems before reviewing the solutions to to these non-graded practice problems.