Must a function that is decreasing over a given interval always be negative over the same interval? explain

Mexico city, mexico, is the world's second largest metropolis and is also one of its fastest-growing cities with a projected growth rate of 3.2% per year. its population in 1991 was 20,899,000 people. use the formula p = 20.899e0.032t to predict its population p in millions with t equal to the number of years after 1991. what is the predicted population to the nearest thousand of mexico city for the year 2010?

Lv beethoven software supplies customized software to a managed healthcare system. lv beethoven software's costs for the software is $1,723,000. lv beethoven software sells the software to the healthcare system for $3,816,981.10. overhead expenses are estimated at 47% of the selling price. what is lv beethoven software's net profit to the nearest dollar?

Amajor grocery store chain is trying to cut down on waste. currently, they get peaches from two different distributors, whole fruits and green grocer. out of a two large shipments, the manager randomly selects items from both suppliers and counts the number of items that are not sell-able due to bruising, disease or other problems. she then makes a confidence interval. is there a significant difference in the quality of the peaches between the two distributors? 95% ci for pw-pg: (0.064, 0.156)