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A manufacturer of lightbulbs wants to produce bulbs that last about 700700 hours but, of course, some bulbs burn out faster than others. Let F(t)F(t) be the fraction of the company's bulbs that burn out before tt hours, so F(t)F(t) always lies between 00 and 11 .

What is the meaning of the derivative r(t)=F(t)r(t)=F^{\prime}(t) ?

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The meaning of the derivative r(t)=F(t)r(t)=F'(t) is the rate at which the fraction F(t)F(t) increases as tt increases. This is because derivative is the measure of the rate at which the value of F(t)F'(t) changes with respect to the change of the variable tt.

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