Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 2 - Review - Exercises - Page 168: 51

Answer

$B'(2000)$ is the rate of change of the number of US $\$$20 bills in circulation in the year 2000. $B'(2000) = 0.156$

Work Step by Step

$B'(2000)$ is the rate of change of the number of US $\$$20 bills in circulation in the year 2000. We can estimate the value of $B'(2000)$: $B'(2000) = \frac{5.77-4.21}{2005-1995} = 0.156$ In the year 2000, the number of US $\$$20 bills in circulation was increasing at a rate of $0.156$ billion bills per year.
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