Calculus Concepts: An Informal Approach to the Mathematics of Change 5th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-43904-957-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-957-0

Chapter 7 - Ingredients of Multivariable Change: Models, Graphs, Rates - 7.3 Activities - Page 558: 5

Answer

$ \frac{\partial r}{\partial c} \bigg|_{b=2} $ dollars/cow

Work Step by Step

It is given that a farmer makes $r(b, c)$ dollars of revenue from selling 6 bulls and 3 cows. The question asks us for the rate of change of the revenue when the number of cows sold is changing, and it is given that 2 bulls are sold in this case. Therefore, the partial derivative of $r$ (revenue) with respect to $c$ (number of cows) is $ \frac{\partial r}{\partial c} \bigg|_{b=2} $
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