Net change in population via integration of a rate
The population of a town is growing at a rate of people per year, where is measured in years.
Use the Net Change Theorem to find the total change in population from to . That is, evaluate and interpret the result as the number of people added to the population over this 10-year period.
Hint
Use u-substitution with , so . Rewrite the integral in terms of , find the antiderivative, then either convert the bounds to -values or back-substitute to before plugging in and .
Step-by-step solution
Let , so , which means . Substituting gives . Back-substituting gives the antiderivative , so (an antiderivative of ).
By the Net Change Theorem, . This simplifies to . Thus the population increases by about 2595 people over the 10-year period.
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