A cup of coffee at 90C is put into a 20C room when t = 0. The coffees temperature is changing at a rate of r(t) = 7(0.9t) C per minute, with t in minutes. Estimate the coffees temperature when t = 10.
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The marginal cost of drilling an oil well depends on the depth at which you are drilling; drilling becomes more expensive, per meter, as you dig deeper into the earth. The fixed costs are 1,000,000 riyals (the riyal is the unit of currency of Saudi Arabia), and, if x is the depth in meters, the marginal costs are C(x) = 4000+10x riyals/meter. Find the total cost of drilling a 500-meter well.
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The first step in solving 5.5 problem number 3 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: The marginal cost of drilling an oil well depends on the depth at which you are drilling; drilling becomes more expensive, per meter, as you dig deeper into the earth. The fixed costs are 1,000,000 riyals (the riyal is the unit of currency of Saudi Arabia), and, if x is the depth in meters, the marginal costs are C(x) = 4000+10x riyals/meter. Find the total cost of drilling a 500-meter well.
From the textbook chapter TOTAL CHANGE AND THE FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM OF CALCULUS you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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