MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Mathematics with Applications in the Management, Natural, and Social Sciences (12th Edition)

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ISBN: 9780134856551

Author: Margaret L. Lial, Thomas W. Hungerford, John P. Holcomb, Bernadette Mullins

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 4.4, Problem 71E

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CVS Health Revenue The total revenue for CVS Health (in billions of dollars) can be approximated by the function

f ( x ) = 41.6 e .88 x ,

where x = 7 corresponds to the year 2007. (Data from: www.morningstar.com.)

a. What was the total revenue in 2011?

b. What was the first full year in which revenue exceeded $140 billion?

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MyLab Math with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Mathematics with Applications in the Management, Natural, and Social Sciences (12th Edition)

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