A Publishing Company Estimates That When a New Book by a Best-Selling

question 24

Multiple Choice

A publishing company estimates that when a new book by a best-selling American author first hits the market, its sales can be predicted by the equation , where represents the total number (in thousands) of copies of the book sold in the United States by the end of the xth week. The number of copies of the book sold abroad by the end of the xth week can be modeled by thousand copies of the book How many books will be sold by the end of the first year (that is, 52 weeks) ?

• A) 497,278 books
• B) 503,778 books
• C) 6,500 books
• D) 490,778 books
• E) 4,907 books

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