The Number of Viewers of a Television Series Introduced Several

question 286

Multiple Choice

The number of viewers of a television series introduced several years ago is approximated by the function , where N(t) (measured in millions) denotes the number of weekly viewers of the series in the t ^th week. Find the rate of increase of the weekly audience at the end of week 12. ​

• A) 13.439 million/wk
• B) 3.360 million/wk
• C) 0.529 million/wk
• D) 0.132 million/wk
• E) 25.398 million/wk

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