The following table shows the daily receipts in millions of dollars of the movie "Avatar" for successive Fridays after its opening on Friday 18 December 2009. Weeks $Receipts 77.025 2 68.49 4 42.785 31.28 8 23.611 10 13.655 12 6.526 14 2.047 16 0.844 18 0.92 20 0.425 22 0.188 24 0.076 26 0.045 28 0.028 Estimate the instantaneous rate of change of daily receipts 20 weeks after the opening day. Round to four decimal places.

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The following table shows the daily receipts in millions of dollars of the movie "Avatar" for successive Fridays
after its opening on Friday 18 December 2009.
Weeks $Receipts
77.025
2
68.49
4
42.785
31.28
8
23.611
10
13.655
12
6.526
14
2.047
16
0.844
18
0.92
20
0.425
22
0.188
24
0.076
26
0.045
28
0.028
Estimate the instantaneous rate of change of daily receipts 20 weeks after the opening day. Round to four
decimal places.
Transcribed Image Text:The following table shows the daily receipts in millions of dollars of the movie "Avatar" for successive Fridays after its opening on Friday 18 December 2009. Weeks $Receipts 77.025 2 68.49 4 42.785 31.28 8 23.611 10 13.655 12 6.526 14 2.047 16 0.844 18 0.92 20 0.425 22 0.188 24 0.076 26 0.045 28 0.028 Estimate the instantaneous rate of change of daily receipts 20 weeks after the opening day. Round to four decimal places.
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