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The sales decay for a product is given by S = 80,000e−0.5x, where S is the...

The sales decay for a product is given by

S = 80,000e−0.5x,

where S is the monthly sales and x is the number of months that have passed since the end of a promotional campaign.

(a) What will be the sales 6 months after the end of the campaign? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
$  

(b) How many months after the end of the campaign will sales drop below $1,000, if no new campaign is initiated? (Round up to the nearest whole number.)
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