Consider the following problem:The depth of the water in Harsha's bird bath is changing at a rate of r(t)=0.25t−0.1 millimeters per hour (where t is the time in hours). At time t=0, the depth of the water is 35 millimeters. What is the depth of the water at t=3 hours?Which expression can we use to solve the problem?Choose 1 answer:(A) 35+∫33r(t)dt(B) 35+∫34r(t)dt(C) 35+∫03r(t)dt(D) 35+∫23r(t)dt
Q. Consider the following problem:The depth of the water in Harsha's bird bath is changing at a rate of r(t)=0.25t−0.1 millimeters per hour (where t is the time in hours). At time t=0, the depth of the water is 35 millimeters. What is the depth of the water at t=3 hours?Which expression can we use to solve the problem?Choose 1 answer:(A) 35+∫33r(t)dt(B) 35+∫34r(t)dt(C) 35+∫03r(t)dt(D) 35+∫23r(t)dt
Understand the problem: Understand the problem.We are given a rate of change of the depth of water in a bird bath, r(t)=0.25t−0.1 millimeters per hour, and the initial depth at time t=0, which is 35 millimeters. We need to find the depth at t=3 hours.
Determine correct expression: Determine the correct expression to use.To find the depth at t=3 hours, we need to add the initial depth to the total change in depth from t=0 to t=3 hours. The change in depth is found by integrating the rate of change, r(t), from t=0 to t=3.
Identify integral for change: Identify the correct integral to represent the change in depth.The integral that represents the change in depth from t=0 to t=3 is ∫03r(t)dt. This will give us the total change in depth over the 3-hour period.
Match correct integral: Match the correct integral with the given choices.The correct integral from the choices is (C) 35+∫03r(t)dt, because it starts at t=0, which is when we have the initial depth, and goes to t=3, which is the time we want to find the depth for.
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