Due date: 2023/10/3

MGT Calculus Homework Assignment 2

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1. Mobile Device Usage The average time U.S. adults 2. Demand For Smoke Alarms The demand function for
spent per day on mobile devices (in minutes) for the years the Sentinel smoke alarm is given by
2009 through 2012 is approximated by
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p= (0 ≤ x ≤ 10)
f (t) = 2.25t + 13.41t + 21.76 (0 ≤ t ≤ 3) 0.02x2 + 1

where t = 0 corresponds to 2009. where x (measured in units of a thousand) is the quantity

a. What was the average time U.S. adults spent per day
on mobile devices in 2009?
b. If the trend continued through 2013, what was the av-
erage time U.S. adults spent per day on mobile devices
in 2013?
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demanded per week and p is the unit price in dollars.
a. Sketch the graph of the demand function.
b. What is the unit price that corresponds to a quantity
demanded of 10,000 units?
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3. Find the indicated limit, if it exists. 4. Find the indicated limit, if it exists.

x2 − x x5 − x3 + x − 1
lim lim
x→0 x x→∞ x6 + 2x2 + 1

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5. Box-Office Receipts The total worldwide box-office re- 6. Find the values of x for which the following function is
ceipts for a long-running blockbuster movie are approxi- continuous.
mated by the function
2x + 1
f (x) =
120x2 x2 + x − 2
T (x) = 2
x +4
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where T (x) is measured in millions of dollars and x is the
number of months since the movie’s release.
a. What are the total box-office receipts after the first
month? The second month? The third month?
b. What will the movie gross in the long run (when x is
very large)?

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7. Determine all values of x at which the following function 8. Determine whether the statement is true or false. If it is
is discontinuous. true, explain why it is true. If it is false, give an example
to show why it is false.
x2 − 2x
f (x) =
x2− 3x + 2 If lim f (x) = 3 and f (2) = 3 then lim f (x) = 3.
x→2+ x→2−
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