When a thermal inversion layer is over a city (as happens in Los Angeles), pollutants cannot rise
Question:
When a thermal inversion layer is over a city (as happens in Los Angeles), pollutants cannot rise vertically but are trapped below the layer and must disperse horizontally. Assume that a factory smokestack begins emitting a pollutant at 8 a.m. Assume that the pollutant disperses horizontally over a circular area. If t represents the time, in hours, since the factory began emitting pollutants (t = 0 represents 8 a.m.), assume that the radius of the circle of pollutants at time t is r(t) = 2t miles. Let A(r) = πr2 represent the area of a circle of radius r.
(a) Find (A ° r)(t).
(b) Interpret (A ° r)(t).
(c) What is the area of the circular region covered by the layer at noon?
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College Algebra
ISBN: 978-0134697024
12th edition
Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels