Question

Rate of Change?

Answer 1

In 1996, Hurley Donaldson Motorcycles introduced their new model, the Enterprise, which is the world's only production 12-cylinder motorcycle. The marketing department has determined that the number of Enterprise sold n years after their introduction to the market is given by the formula s(n)=400-100e^-0.5n. What is the rate of change of sales at n=5 years

Answer 2

Differentiation is defined to be finding the function describing the rate of change of a curve.

Answer 3

That means rate of change IS the derivative

Answer 4

i.e. find s'(5)