Calculus Volume 1

Chapter 5 | Integration

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234. The average residential electrical power use (in hundreds of watts) per hour is given in the following table. Hour Power Hour Power

235. The data in the following table are used to estimate the average power output produced by Peter Sagan for each of the last 18 sec of Stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France. Second Watts Second Watts

1

8

13

12

1

600

10

1200

2

6

14

13

2

500

11

1170

3

5

15

14

3

575

12

1125

4

4

16

15

4

1050

13

1100

5

5

17

17

5

925

14

1075

6

6

18

19

6

950

15

1000

7

7

19

18

7

1050

16

950

8

8

20

17

8

950

17

900

9

9

21

16

9

1100

18

780

10

10

22

16

Table 5.6 Average Power Output Source : sportsexercisengineering.com

11

10

23

13

Estimate the net energy used in kilojoules (kJ), noting that 1W = 1 J/s, and the average power output by Sagan during this time interval.

12

11

24

11

a. Compute the average total energy used in a day in kilowatt-hours (kWh). b. If a ton of coal generates 1842 kWh, how long does it take for an average residence to burn a ton of coal? c. Explain why the data might fit a plot of the form p ( t ) = 11.5 − 7.5sin ⎛ ⎝ πt 12 ⎞ ⎠ .

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