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The median rate of flow of the Lochsa River (in Idaho) at the Lowell gauge can be modeled surprisingly accurately asft=800+3.1pt, where ptis a function given by t-90195-tfor t∈90,195 and is zero otherwise. The time t is measured in days after the beginning of the year, and the flow is measured in cubic feet of water per second.

Part (a): Given a starting day t0, use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to find the function Ft0tthat gives the total amount of water that has flowed past the Lowell gauge since that day. Note that there are 86400seconds per day.

Part (b): In a non-leap year, March 31is day 90of the year and July 14is day 195. Use the function you found in part (a) to compute how many cubic feet of water flowed past the gauge between those days.

Part (c): Use your function to compute how much water flows down the Lochsa River in a full year. What fraction of that amount flows by during the span of time you examined in part (b)?

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Part (a): The function Ft0tthat gives the total amount of water that has flowed past is Ft0=86400-1.03t3-t03+441.759t2-t02-53605t-t0.

Part (b): 60.8billion cubic feet of water flowed between March 31and July 14.

Part (c): The fraction of water that flows between March31and July14is41.38%.

Step by step solution

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Part (a) Step 1. Given information.

Consider the given question,

ft=800+3.1pt,p(t)=(t-90)(195-t)

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Part (a) Step 2. Find the function Ft0t.

Substitute the function ptin the function ft,

ft=800+3.1t-90195-t=800+3.1-t2+195t+90t-17550=-3.1t2+883.5t-53605

Integrate the function ftfrom t0 to t,

∫t0tftdt=-∫t0t3.1t2dt+∫t0t883.5tdt-∫t0t53605dt

For a function fxwhich is continuous on an interval a,b, the fundamental theorem of calculus states that ∫abfxdx=Fb-Fa, where Fis the antiderivative of the function f.

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Part (a) Step 3. Use the fundamental theorem.

Using the fundamental theorem of calculus in the right hand side,

∫t0tftdt=-∫t0t3.1t2dt+∫t0t883.5tdt-∫t0t53605dtFt0t=-3.1t2+12+1tt0+883.5t1+12+1tt0-53605ttt0Ft0t=-3.13t3-t03+883.53t2-t02-53605t-t0Ft0t=-1.03t3-t03+441.759t2-t02-53605t-t0

Multiply the Ft0tby 86400,

localid="1648832733606" Ft0t=86400-1.03t3-t03+441.759t2-t02-53605t-t0......(i)

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Part (b) Step 1. Find how many feet of water flowed past the gauge during the given time.

Substitute t0=90,t=195in equation (i),

F90195=86400-1.031953-903+441.7591952-902-53605195-90≈60.8billioncubicfeet

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Part (c) Step 1. Find how many feet of water flowed in a full year.

For a full year, t0=1,t=365.

The function ptis 0 when t does not lie between 90,195.

Therefore, the function ftis 800.

Integrate the function ft=800from t0 to t,

∫t0tftdt=∫t0t800dtFt0t=800ttt0Ft0t=800t-t0

Multiply 86400by Ft0t,

Ft0t=86400800t-t0Ft0t=69120000t-t0

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Part (c) Step 2. Substitute  t0=1,t=365 in the function Ft0t, followed by simplification.

Substitute t0=1,t=365in Ft0t,

Ft0=69120000365-1=25159680000

Therefore, 25.16billion cubic feet of water flowed in a year.

Then, to calculate the percentage,

role="math" localid="1648836291342" =25.1660.8×100=41.38%

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