A ruptured pipe in a North Sea oil rig produces a circular oil slick that is y

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A ruptured pipe in a North Sea oil rig produces a circular oil slick that is y meters thick at a distance x meters from the rupture. Turbulence makes it difficult to directly measure the thickness of the slick at the source (where x = 0), but for x >  0, it is found that


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Assuming the oil slick is continuously distributed, how thick would you expect it to be at the source?

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Calculus For Business, Economics And The Social And Life Sciences

ISBN: 9780073532387

11th Brief Edition

Authors: Laurence Hoffmann, Gerald Bradley, David Sobecki, Michael Price

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