Neco 2020 Agricultural Science Question 16

Practice objective / multiple choice question 16 from the 2020 Neco Agricultural Science examination.

Neco 2020 Agricultural Science Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 16 NECO • 2020 • AGRICULTURAL_SCIENCE • objective

A farmer produces maize. The market price per tonne is given by \( P = 60{,}000 - 2{,}000 Q \) where \(Q\) is the total quantity produced in tonnes. The farmer incurs a fixed cost of \(200{,}000\) Naira and a variable cost of \(10{,}000\) Naira per tonne produced. Determine the quantity \(Q\) (in tonnes) that maximizes profit and state the maximum profit (in Naira).

Answer Options

Correct Answer A. 112500
B. 125000
C. 100000
D. 90000
Correct Answer
A
Correct Option:
112500

About This Question

This is Neco 2020 Agricultural Science Question 16. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Neco Agricultural Science examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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