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Problem 11E

Distance

Length of a road You and a companion are about to drive a twisty stretch of dirt road in a car whose speedometer works but whose odometer (mileage counter) is broken. To find out how long this particular stretch of road is, you record the car’s velocity at 10-sec intervals, with the results shown in the accompanying table. Estimate the length of the road using

a. left-endpoint values.

b. right-endpoint values.

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Problem 11E

Distance

Length of a road You and a companion are about to drive a twisty stretch of dirt road in a car whose speedometer works but whose odometer (mileage counter) is broken. To find out how long this particular stretch of road is, you record the car’s velocity at 10-sec intervals, with the results shown in the accompanying table. Estimate the length of the road using

a. left-endpoint values.

b. right-endpoint values.

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Solution:

Step 1 of 3

In this problem, we have to estimate the length of the road using

(a). The left-end point value

(b). The right-end point value

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