Crimini Foods is offered a $400,000 line of credit for six months at an APR of 10%. This loan has a loan origination fee of 2%. What is the actual six-month interest rate paid, expressed as an EAR?

Some years ago it was estimated that the demand for steel approximately satisfied the equation p=194-25x x, and the total cost of producing x units of steel was upper c left parenthesis x right parenthesis equals 145 plus 40 x. (the quantity x was measured in millions of tons and the price and total cost were measured in millions of dollars.) determine the level of production and the corresponding price that maximize the profits.