In the 1990s the demand for personal computers in the home went up with household income. For a given community in the 1990s, the average number of computers in a home could be approximated by q = 0.3458 ln x − 3.045 10,000 ≤ x ≤ 125,000 where x is mean household income. A certain community had a mean income of $30,000, increasing at a rate of $1,000 per year.
a. How many computers per household were there? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) 0.5198 Correct: Your answer is correct. computers per household.
b. How fast was the number of computers in a home increasing? (Round your answer to four decimal places.) 0.0115 Correct: Your answer is correct. computers per household per year.

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Answer:

a) 0.5198 computers per household

b) 0.01153 computers

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

number of computers in a home,

q = 0.3458 ln x - 3.045 ;   10,000 ≤ x ≤ 125,000

here x is mean household income

mean income = $30,000

increasing rate, [tex]\frac{dx}{dt}[/tex] = $1,000

Now,

a) computers per household are

since,

mean income of  $30,000 lies in the range of 10,000 ≤ x ≤ 125,000

thus,

q = 0.3458 ln(30,000) - 3.045

or

q = 0.5198 computers per household

b) Rate of increase in computers i.e [tex]\frac{dq}{dt}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{dq}{dt}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{d(0.3458 ln x - 3.045)}{dt}[/tex]

or

[tex]\frac{dq}{dt}=0.3458\times(\frac{1}{x})\frac{dx}{dt} - 0[/tex]

on substituting the values, we get

[tex]\frac{dq}{dt}=0.3458\times(\frac{1}{30,000})\times1,000[/tex]

or

= 0.01153 computers

The computers per household are 0.5187 and the number of computers in a home increasing is 0.01153.

What is differentiation?

The rate of change of a function with respect to the variable is called differentiation. It can be increasing or decreasing.

In the 1990s the demand for personal computers in the home went up with household income.

For a given community in the 1990s, the average number of computers in a home could be approximated by

q = 0.3458 ln x − 3.045

10,000 ≤ x ≤ 125,000

where x is mean household income.

A certain community had a mean income of $30,000, increasing at a rate of $1,000 per year.

a)  Computer per household will be

Mean income of $30,000 lies in the range of 10,000 ≤ x ≤ 125,000

Then

q = 0.3458 ln (30000) − 3.045

q = 0.5187

b)  The rate of increase in computers will be

[tex]\rm \dfrac{dq}{dt} = \dfrac{d}{dt} 0.3458lnx -3.045\\\\\\\dfrac{dq}{dt} = 0.3458 * \dfrac{1}{x} *\dfrac{dx}{dt}\\\\\\\dfrac{dq}{dt} = 0.3458 * \dfrac{1}{30000} *1000\\\\\\\dfrac{dq}{dt} = 0.01153[/tex]

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