Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences - Boston U.

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ISBN: 9781323047620

Author: Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen

Publisher: Pearson Education

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Chapter 4.2, Problem 93E

Advertising: point of diminishing returns. A company estimates that it will sell N(x) units of a product after spending $x thousand on advertising, as given by

N ( x ) = − 0.5 x 4 + 46 x 3 − 1 , 080 x 2 + 160 , 000 24 ≤ x ≤ 45

When is the rate of change of sales increasing and when is it decreasing? What is the point of diminishing returns and the maximum rate of change of sales? Graph N and N′ 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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Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences - Boston U.

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Solution Summary: The author illustrates the intervals where the rate of change of function increases and decreases, as well as the diminishing returns and the maximum rate.

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