A company’s profit

MATHEMATICS · Subjective · AP · Calculus AB · Contextual Applications of Differentiation · Contextual Applications of Differentiation

Problem

A company’s profit,

P(t)

dollars, is modeled as a differentiable function of time

t

measured in months since a product launch. Given that

P'(5)<0

, describe what this tells the company about its profit at the 5-month mark.