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Advertising and sales—diminishing returns Suppose that a company’s daily sales volume attributed to an advertising campaign is given by
(a) Find how long it will be before sales volume is maximized.
(b) Find how long it will be before the rate of change of sales volume is minimized. That is, find the point of diminishing returns.
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