Annual sales of bottled water in a certain country in the period 2007–2014 could be approximated by R(t) = 0.07t2 − 0.26t + 8.8 billion gallons  (0 ≤ t ≤ 7), where t is time in years since 2007. According to the model, were annual sales of bottled water accelerating or decelerating in 2011? acceleratingdecelerating     How fast?   billion gal/yr2

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Annual sales of bottled water in a certain country in the period 2007–2014 could be approximated by
R(t) = 0.07t2 − 0.26t + 8.8 billion gallons  (0 ≤ t ≤ 7),
where t is time in years since 2007. According to the model, were annual sales of bottled water accelerating or decelerating in 2011?
acceleratingdecelerating    
How fast?
 
billion gal/yr2
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