Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Four Ways to Represent a Function - 1.1 Exercises - Page 20: 15

Answer

a) 6am: 500MW, 6pm: 730MW b) Lowest power consumption: 4am, Highest power consumption: 12pm (noon), yes

Work Step by Step

a) refer to data from graph b) The times seem reasonable as the least power is consumed when most people are asleep at 4am while the most power is used at noon for cooking.
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