Suppose that a company's sales volume y (in thousands of units) is related to its advertising expenditures x (in thousands of dollars) according to the following. xy 40x + 8y = 0 Find the rate of change of sales volume with respect to advertising expenditures when x = 8 (thousand dollars).

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Suppose that a company's sales volume y (in thousands of units) is related to its advertising expenditures x (in thousands of dollars) according to the following.
xy 40x + 8y = 0
Find the rate of change of sales volume with respect to advertising expenditures when x = 8 (thousand dollars).
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that a company's sales volume y (in thousands of units) is related to its advertising expenditures x (in thousands of dollars) according to the following. xy 40x + 8y = 0 Find the rate of change of sales volume with respect to advertising expenditures when x = 8 (thousand dollars).
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