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4.1. DETERMINING DISTANCE TRAVELED FROM VELOCITY
(a) Plot the given data on a set of axes with time on the horizontal axis and the
rate of pollution on the vertical axis.
(b) Explain why the amount of pollution that entered the lake during this 30-day
period would be given exactly by the area bounded by y = p(t) and the t-axis
on the time interval [0, 30].
(c) Estimate the total amount of pollution entering the lake during this 30-day
period. Carefully explain how you determined your estimate.
4.1. DETERMINING DISTANCE TRAVELED FROM VELOCITY
(a) Plot the given data on a set of axes with time on the horizontal axis and the
rate of pollution on the vertical axis.
(b) Explain why the amount of pollution that entered the lake during this 30-day
period would be given exactly by the area bounded by y = p(t) and the t-axis
on the time interval [0, 30].
(c) Estimate the total amount of pollution entering the lake during this 30-day
period. Carefully explain how you determined your estimate.