Question

amt of waste produced in tons per week is W=3.75e^-0.008t, t in weeks, waste removal is $15/ton. how much does the company pay for waste removal during year 2005?

Answer 1

find the tons produced in 2005, then times that by $15

Answer 2

52 weeks in a year
so put that for t.
u should get W
w = amount of waste in tons
W times 15 gives u the fee

Answer 3

i get 2.47 tons x $15 = $37.11. the back of the book says its supposed to be $2392.87?

Answer 4

do they give anything else besides what u gave in the problem

Answer 5

nope thats it. we are learning the definite integral?

Answer 6

if u work backwords, for that to be the answer, t would have to be equal 468.80534

Answer 7

which is basically 9 years. do u have years right

Answer 8

i don't understand wut the years have to do with it? i just plugged the 52 weeks for t then times by 15

Answer 9

for answer to be 2398, t has to equal 468 weeks = 9 years. what time period do they give

Answer 10

they only give t is in weeks since jan. 1, 2005 and want to know how much the company pays for waste removal during the year 2005

Answer 11

sorry if everything u say is true, then the answer should be 37

Answer 12

ok thanks. then i hope the book is wrong. thanks for your help.