Question

The rate (in liters per minute) at which water drains from a tank is recorded at half-minute intervals. Use the average of the left- and right-endpoint approximations to estimate the total amount of water drained during the first 3 min.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

You are missing the chart with the rates and time to do this, however, I wll do it with a similar exercise here, and you only need to replace the procedure with your data:

See the attached table.

From the left we have:

r = 1/2 (50 + 48 + 46 + 44 + 42 + 40) = 135 L/min

From the right we have:

r = 1/2 (48 + 46 +44 + 42 + 40 + 38) = 129 L/min.

And this should be the correct answer. Watch your chart and replace if it's neccesary.