One of Leslies favorite authors is Stephen King. In his shortstory collection Skeleton Crew there is a
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- One of Leslie’s favorite authors is Stephen King. In his shortstory collection “Skeleton Crew” there is a story called “TheRaft”. In this story, four college friends swim out to a raft in anisolated lake. Upon reaching the raft they discover a circular,black substance (much like an oil slick) floating in the water.They soon learn that the substance eats anything swimming in thelake and will not let them leave the raft. When they first discoverthe circular substance, it has a radius of only 1 foot. Everyminute that passes, the radius grows by 2 inches.
- [3 pts] Create a linear function which gives the radiusof the circle in inches after t minutes. Call thisfunction r(t).
- [3 pts] Knowing that the Area of a circle isA=?r2, usecomposition of functions to represent the Area of the circularsubstance in square inches after t minutes. Call thisfunction A(t).
- [3 pts] Use your answer to part b to find the area ofthe circular substance after a half hour has passed. Round yourfinal answer to the nearest whole number and include appropriateunits.
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