A heifer weighing 200 lb today gains 5 lb per day with a food cost of 45/day.

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A heifer weighing 200 lb today gains 5 lb per day with a food cost of 45¢/day. The price for heifers is 65¢/lb today but is falling 1¢/day.

a. Let hn be the profit in selling the heifer on the nth day, where h0 = (200 lb) • ($0.65/lb) = $130. Write out the first 10 terms of the sequence {hn}.

b. How many days after today should the heifer be sold to maximize the profit?

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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