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Chapter 4.2, Problem 92E

Production: point of diminishing returns. A baseball cap manufacturer is planning to expand its workforce. It estimates that the number of baseball caps produced by hiring x new workers is given by

T ( x ) = − 0.25 x 4 + 6 x 3 0 ≤ x ≤ 18

When is the rate of change of baseball cap production increasing and when is it decreasing? What is the point of diminishing returns and the maximum rate of change of baseball cap production? Graph T and T′ on the same coordinate system.

System that uses coordinates to uniquely determine the position of points. The most common coordinate system is the Cartesian system, where points are given by distance along a horizontal x-axis and vertical y-axis from the origin. A polar coordinate system locates a point by its direction relative to a reference direction and its distance from a given point. In three dimensions, it leads to cylindrical and spherical coordinates.

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Solution Summary: The author illustrates how the rate of change of the function increases and decreases on the intervals (0,12)and (12,18 ).

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