A country's daily oil production can be approximated by q(t) = 0.015t2 − 0.6t + 5.25 million barrels    (8 ≤ t ≤ 13) where t is time in years since the start of 2000. At the start of 2010 the price of oil was $82 per barrel and decreasing at a rate of $28 per year. How fast was (daily) oil revenue changing at that time?

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A country's daily oil production can be approximated by

q(t) = 0.015t2 − 0.6t + 5.25 million barrels    (8 ≤ t ≤ 13)

where t is time in years since the start of 2000. At the start of 2010 the price of oil was $82 per barrel and decreasing at a rate of $28 per year. How fast was (daily) oil revenue changing at that time?

At the start of 2010 oil revenue is decreasing at [blank] millions of dollars per year.    

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