document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=71254>Question 71254</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> From 1990 to 1996, the consumption of poultry per capita is modeled by y=-0.2125t^2+2.615t+56.33, where t=0 corresponds to 1990.  During what year was the consumption of poultry per capita at it's maximum? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "and the formula says :    y = -0.2125t^2 + 2.615t + 56.33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so we will calculate y' & y\"  to get the value of t to get maxima .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so,   y' = -0.2125*2*t + 2.615<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and   y\" = -0.2125*2  which is negative this means that only the maxima appears and no minima or point of inflexion will be there.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the location of maxima can be obtained by putting y' = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so, we get t = 6.1529 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "this means that the time ( 1996 + 0.1529 ) had the largest consumption but as our consideration is for the period 1990 to 1996 so 1996 has the maximum consumption.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "http://www.walterzorn.com/grapher/grapher_e.htm  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  this is a graphing site which can be of help as basically this problem was to check your understanding of graphs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers! </SPAN>\n" );
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