Starting in 2010 (t = 0), the rate at which oil is consumed by a small country

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Starting in 2010 (t = 0), the rate at which oil is consumed by a small country increases at a rate of 1.5%/yr, starting with an initial rate of 1.2 million barrels/yr. 

a. How much oil is consumed over the course of the year 2010 (between t = 0 and t = 1)?

b. Find the function that gives the amount of oil consumed between t = 0 and any future time t.

c. How many years after 2010 will the amount of oil consumed since 2010 reach 10 million barrels?

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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