Solve using Newton's method

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beastcoast515

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Marcus Tool and Die Company produces a specialized milling tool designed specifically for machining ceramic components. Each milling tool sells for $4, so the company's revenue in dollars for x units sold is R(x) = 4x. The company's cost in dollars to produce x tools can be modeled as C(x) = 304+30x^(5/8). Use Newton's method to find the break-even point for the company (that is, find x such that C(x) = R(x)). Use x = 370 as your initial guess and show all your work. Thank you!
 
beastcoast515 said:
Marcus Tool and Die Company produces a specialized milling tool designed specifically for machining ceramic components. Each milling tool sells for $4, so the company's revenue in dollars for x units sold is R(x) = 4x. The company's cost in dollars to produce x tools can be modeled as C(x) = 304+30x^(5/8). Use Newton's method to find the break-even point for the company (that is, find x such that C(x) = R(x)). Use x = 370 as your initial guess and show all your work. Thank you!
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Where are you stuck in plugging the given value into the method?

Please be complete. Thank you! ;)
 
beastcoast515 said:
Marcus Tool and Die Company produces a specialized milling tool designed specifically for machining ceramic components. Each milling tool sells for $4, so the company's revenue in dollars for x units sold is R(x) = 4x. The company's cost in dollars to produce x tools can be modeled as C(x) = 304+30x^(5/8). Use Newton's method to find the break-even point for the company (that is, find x such that C(x) = R(x)). Use x = 370 as your initial guess and show all your work. Thank you!
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So what is the equation "C(x)= R(x)" that you want to solve? Do you know what "Newton's method" is? Do you know what formula Newton's method gives for this equation? Or is it the arithmetic that is giving you difficulty?
 
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