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course MTh 173

9/6 8:27 pm

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001. Depth vs. Clock Time and Rate of Depth Change

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Question: `qNote that there are four questions in this assignment.

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Question: `q001. If your stocks are worth $5000 in mid-March, $5300 in mid-July and $5500 in mid-December, during which period, March-July or July-December was your money growing faster?

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Your solution:

Between mid-March and mid-July the money was growing faster. March to July is only 4 months, and the amount of money gained was $300. From July to December is 5 months, and $200 was gained. Since March to July is a shorter time period, and more money was gained, that period has the higher rate of money gained.

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Given Solution:

`aThe first period (4 months) was shorter than the second (5 months), and the value changed by more during the shorter first period (increase of $300) than during the longer second perios (increase of $200). A greater increase in a shorter period implies a greater rate of change. So the rate was greater during the first period.

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Question: `q002. What were the precise average rates of change during these two periods?

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For March to July, we gained $300 in 4 months, which is

300/4 = $75 per month

For July to December, we gained $200 in 5 months which is

200/5 = $40 per month

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Given Solution:

`aFrom mid-March thru mid-July is 4 months. A change of $300 in four months gives an average rate of change of $300 / (4 months) = $75/month.

From mid-July through mid-December is 5 months, during which the value changes by $200, giving an average rate of $200 / (5 months) = $40 / month.

Thus the rate was greater during the first period than during the second.

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Question: `q003. If the water in a uniform cylinder is leaking from a hole in the bottom, and if the water depths at clock times t = 10, 40 and 90 seconds are respectively 80 cm, 40 cm and 20 cm, is the depth of the water changing more quickly or less quickly, on the average, between t = 10 sec and t = 40 sec, or between t = 40 sec and t = 90 sec?

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Your solution:

Between 10 and 40 seconds is a change 40 cm, which would be a rate of change of -1.33 cm/s

Between 40 and 90 seconds, there is a change of 20 cm, which would be a rate of -0.4 cm/s

The first interval has the greater rate of change.

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Given Solution:

`aBetween clock times t = 10 sec and t = 40 sec the depth changes by -40 cm, from 80 cm to 40 cm, in 30 seconds. The average rate is therefore -40 cm / (30 sec) = -1.33 cm/s.

Between t = 40 sec and t = 90 sec the change is -20 cm and the time interval is 50 sec so the average rate of change is -20 cm/ 50 sec = -.4 cm/s, approx.

The depth is changing more quickly during the first time interval.

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Question: `q004. How are the two preceding questions actually different versions of the same question? How it is the mathematical reasoning the same in both cases?

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Your solution:

They are virtually the same because we are given 3 different intervals and 3 different amounts at the corresponding times. The reasoning is the same because we must find how much each amount changed between the different intervals of time. This is also known as the “rate”

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`aIn each case we were given a quantity that changed with time. We were given the quantities at three different clock times and we were asked to compare the rates of change over the corresponding intervals. We did this by determining the changes in the quantities and the changes in the clock times, and for each interval dividing change in quantity by change in clock time. We could symbolize this process by representing the change in clock time by `dt and the change in the quantity by `dQ. The rate is thus rate = `dQ /`dt.

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