The annual net income of a company for the period 2007-2011 could be approximated by P(t) = 1.6t2. - 11t + 43 billion dollars !! (2 stS 6), where t is the time in years since the start of 2005. According to the model, during what year in this period was the company's net income the lowest? What was the corresponding net income? Would you trust this model to continue to be valid long past this period? Why or why not?

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The annual net income of a company for the period 2007-2011 could be approximated by
P(t) = 1.6t - 11t + 43 billion dollars
!3!
(2 sts 6),
where t is the time in years since the start of 2005. According to the model, during what year in this period
was the company's net income the lowest? What was the corresponding net income? Would you trust this
model to continue to be valid long past this period? Why or why not?
Transcribed Image Text:The annual net income of a company for the period 2007-2011 could be approximated by P(t) = 1.6t - 11t + 43 billion dollars !3! (2 sts 6), where t is the time in years since the start of 2005. According to the model, during what year in this period was the company's net income the lowest? What was the corresponding net income? Would you trust this model to continue to be valid long past this period? Why or why not?
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The annual net income is defined as pt=1.6t2-11t+43 billion dollars where t is the years since the start of 2005.

To find the year in which the function has minimum value, find the value of  where the derivative is zero.

ddtpt=ddt1.6t2-11t+43=3.2t-113.2t-11=0t=113.2

Thus, the value of t where the model has minimum value is t=113.2=3.4375.

Since t is the years since the start of 2005, t=3 corresponds to the year 2008.

That is, the company's net income is the lowest  in the year 2008.

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