2. Annual net sales, S, in billion of dollars, for the HersheyCompany, the largest US producer of chocolate, is a function S=f(t) of time t, in years since 2010. (a) Interpret the statement f(5) = 6 in words. (b) Assume that f'(5)=1. Using units, interpret the slope for the Hershey Company. (c) Estimate f(7), and then interpret this in terms of the Hershey's sales by using the correct units
Rate of Change
The relation between two quantities which displays how much greater one quantity is than another is called ratio.
Slope
The change in the vertical distances is known as the rise and the change in the horizontal distances is known as the run. So, the rise divided by run is nothing but a slope value. It is calculated with simple algebraic equations as:
2. Annual net sales, S, in billion of dollars, for the HersheyCompany, the largest US producer of chocolate, is a function S=f(t) of time t, in years since 2010.
(a) Interpret the statement f(5) = 6 in words.
(b) Assume that f'(5)=1. Using units, interpret the slope for the Hershey Company.
(c) Estimate f(7), and then interpret this in terms of the Hershey's sales by using the correct units
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