The following table shows the daily receipts in millions of dollars of the movie "Avatar" for successive Fridays after its opening on Friday 18 December 2009. Weeks $Receipts 0 77.025 3 50.306 6 31.28 9 16.24 12 6.526 15 0.98 18 0.92 21 0.335 24 0.076 27 0.044 Estimate the instantaneous rate of change of daily receipts 9 weeks after the opening day.

The following table shows the daily receipts in millions of dollars of the movie "Avatar" for successive Fridays after its opening on Friday 18 December 2009. Weeks $Receipts 0 77.025 3 50.306 6 31.28 9 16.24 12 6.526 15 0.98 18 0.92 21 0.335 24 0.076 27 0.044 Estimate the instantaneous rate of change of daily receipts 9 weeks after the opening day.

Functions and Change: A Modeling Approach to College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337111348

Author:Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan Noell

Publisher:Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan Noell

Chapter1: Functions

Section1.2: Functions Given By Tables

Problem 2TU: Use the table of values you made in part 4 of the example to find the limiting value of the average...

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