Solve the Problem. -The Management of an Oil Company Estimates That Oil Will

question 42

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-The management of an oil company estimates that oil will be pumped from a producing field at a rate given by where R(t) is the rate of production in thousands of barrels per year, t years after pumping begins. How many barrels of oil, Q(t) , will be produced the first five years? (Round answer to the
Nearest thousand barrels.)

• A) 296 thousand barrels
• B) 92 thousand barrels
• C) 46 thousand barrels
• D) 148 thousand barrels

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