007B Sample Midterm 3, Problem 3 Detailed Solution

For a fish that starts life with a length of 1cm and has a maximum length of 30cm, the von Bertalanffy growth model predicts that the growth rate is  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 29e^{-t}}   cm/year where  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t}   is the age of the fish. What is the average length of the fish over its first five years?

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Background Information:
The average value of a function  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)}   on an interval  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle [a,b]}   is given by
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f_{\text{avg}}=\frac{1}{b-a} \int_a^b f(x)~dx.}

Solution:

Step 1:
Let  $f(x)=\sin(x).$
Each interval has length  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{4}.}
Therefore, the right-endpoint Riemann sum of  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)}   on the interval  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle [0,\pi]}   is
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{4}\bigg(f\bigg(\frac{\pi}{4}\bigg)+f\bigg(\frac{\pi}{2}\bigg)+f\bigg(\frac{3\pi}{4}\bigg)+f(\pi)\bigg).}

Step 2:
Thus, the right-endpoint Riemann sum is
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{\frac{\pi}{4}\bigg(\sin\bigg(\frac{\pi}{4}\bigg)+\sin\bigg(\frac{\pi}{2}\bigg)+\sin\bigg(\frac{3\pi}{4}\bigg)+\sin(\pi)\bigg)} & = & \displaystyle{\frac{\pi}{4}\bigg(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}+1+\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}+0\bigg)}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\frac{\pi}{4}(\sqrt{2}+1).}\\ \end{array}}

Final Answer:
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{\pi}{4}(\sqrt{2}+1)}

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