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Texts: At the end of the holiday season in January, the sales at a department store are expected to fall. It is estimated that for the xth day of January, the sales will be S(x) = 2 + 9 / (x + 1)^2 thousand dollars. a) Find the total sales for January 10 and determine the rate at which sales are falling on that day. b) Compare the rate of change of sales on January 2 to the rate on January 10. What can you infer about the rate of change of sales?

Name: texts at the end of the holiday season in january the sales at a department store are expected to fall it is estimated that for the xth day of january the sales will be sx 2 9 x 12 thousand 81591
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          Texts: At the end of the holiday season in January, the sales at a department store are expected to fall. It is estimated that for the xth day of January, the sales will be S(x) = 2 + 9 / (x + 1)^2 thousand dollars.

a) Find the total sales for January 10 and determine the rate at which sales are falling on that day.

b) Compare the rate of change of sales on January 2 to the rate on January 10. What can you infer about the rate of change of sales?

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Calculus: Early Transcendentals

James Stewart 8th Edition

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Solved by Expert Carson Merrill

08/31/2021

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To find the total sales for January 10, we need to substitute x = 10 into the sales function S(x) = 2 + 9 / (x + 1)^2. Show more…

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Texts: At the end of the holiday season in January, the sales at a department store are expected to fall. It is estimated that for the xth day of January, the sales will be S(x) = 2 + 9 / (x + 1)^2 thousand dollars. a) Find the total sales for January 10 and determine the rate at which sales are falling on that day. b) Compare the rate of change of sales on January 2 to the rate on January 10. What can you infer about the rate of change of sales?