A traffic engineer monitors the rate at which cars enter the main highway during the afternoon rush hour. From her data she estimates that between 4:30 P.M. and 5:30 P.M. the rate R(t) at which cars enter the highway is given by the formula R(t) = 100(1 − 0.0001t2) cars per minute, where t is the time (in minutes) since 4:30 P.M. Find the average rate, in cars per minute, at which cars enter the highway during the first half hour of rush hour

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Answer:

On average, cars enter the highway during the first half hour of rush hour at a rate 97 per minute.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that, the rate R(t) at which cars enter the highway is given the formula

[tex]R(t)= 100(1-0.0001t^2)[/tex]

The average rate of car enter the highway during first half hour of rush hour is the average value of R(t) from t=0 to t=30.

[tex]\therefore \int_0^{30} 100(1-0.0001t^2)\ dt[/tex]

[tex]=[100(t-0.0001\frac{t^3}{3})]_0^{30}[/tex]

[tex]=100[(30-0.0001\frac{30^3}{3})-(0-0.0001\frac{0^3}{3})][/tex]

=2901

The average rate of car is [tex]=\frac{\textrm{The number of car}}{Time}[/tex]

                                           [tex]=\frac{2910}{30}[/tex]

                                          =97

On average, cars enter the highway during the first half hour of rush hour at a rate 97 per minute.

Applying the integral, the average rate is of 10 cars per minute.

The average value of a function F(t) in an interval [a,b] is given by:

[tex]\frac{\int_{a}^{b} F(t) dt}{b - a}[/tex]

In this problem, the rate is given by:

[tex]R(t) = 100 - 0.01t^2[/tex]

Over the first half-hour the interval is [0,30], hence [tex]a = 0,b = 30[/tex].

Then:

[tex]\int_{a}^{b} F(t) dt[/tex]

[tex]\int_{0}^{30} (100 - 0.01t^2) dt[/tex]

[tex]100t - 0.01\frac{t^3}{3}_{t = 0}^{t = 3}[/tex]

[tex]100(3) - 0.01\frac{3^3}{3} = 299.91[/tex]

[tex]\frac{299.91}{30} \approx 10[/tex]

The average rate is of 10 cars per minute.

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