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So in this question, they say that apple introduced the first ipod in october 2001.
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Sales of the portable music player grew slowly in the early years, but began to grow rapidly after 2005.
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But the ipod era is coming to a close.
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Smartphones with music and video players are replacing the ipod, along with the category of device it helped create.
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Sales of the ipod worldwide from 2007 through 2011 in millions were approximately n of t where n of t is equal to negative 2 .65 t squared plus 13 .13 t plus 39 .9 from time zero to time four in year t where t equals zero corresponds to 2007.
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I want to show that the worldwide sales of the ipod peaked sometime in 2009.
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And we ask, what was the approximate largest number of ipods sold worldwide from 2007 through 2011? so, if i wish to maximize this function, i'm going to take my derivative.
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I'm going to take n prime of t.
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And my derivative this time is negative 5 .3t plus 13 .13 .13.
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Now, once i have n prime of t, what do i do with that? well, i'm going to set that guy equal to zero.
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And so solving for t, i can subtract the 13 .13.
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And then i can divide by negative 5 .3.
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If i do, negative 13 .13.
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Divide this by negative 5 .3, and i'm getting 2 .477...