Widget production: The following table shows, for a certain manufacturing plant, the number W of widgets, in thousands, produced in a day as a function of n, the number of full-time workers.
a. Make a table showing, for each of the 10-worker intervals, the average rate of change in W per worker.
b. Describe the general trend in the average rate of change. Explain in practical terms what this means.
c. Use the average rate of change to estimate how many widgets will be produced if there are 55 full-time workers.
d. Use your answer to part b to determine whether your estimate in part c is likely to be too high or too low.
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