REVENUE The total revenues (in millions of dollars) for Papa Johns International from

Chapter 3, Problem 102

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REVENUE The total revenues (in millions of dollars) for Papa Johns International from 2000 through 2007 are shown in the table. A model that represents these data is given by where represents the year, with corresponding to 2000. (Source: Papa Johns International) (a) Use a graphing utility to create a scatter plot of the data. Then graph the model in the same viewing window. (b) How well does the model fit the data? (c) Use a graphing utility to approximate any relative extrema of the model over its domain. (d) Use a graphing utility to approximate the intervals over which the revenue for Papa Johns International was increasing and decreasing over its domain. (e) Use the results of parts (c) and (d) to write a short paragraph about the revenue for Papa Johns International during this time period.