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Sales The sales S (in billions of dollars) for Kohl’s Corporation from 2004 through 2013 can be modeled by
(a) Find the years, from 2004 through 2013, when the maximum and minimum sales occurred.
(b) During which year were the sales increasing at the greatest rate?
(c) Use a graphing utility to graph the sales function and verify the results in parts (a) and (b).
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