An oil well starts out producing oil at the rate of 60,000 barrels of oil per year,

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An oil well starts out producing oil at the rate of 60,000 barrels of oil per year, but the production rate is expected to decrease by 4,000 barrels per year. Thus, if P(t) is the total production (in thousands of barrels) in t years, then

P′(t) = f(t) = 60 - 4t 0 ≤ t ≤ 15

Write a definite integral that will give the total production after 15 years of operation, and evaluate the integral.

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College Mathematics For Business Economics, Life Sciences, And Social Sciences

ISBN: 978-0134674148

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Authors: Raymond Barnett, Michael Ziegler, Karl Byleen, Christopher Stocker

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