A forest fire is found at midnight. It covers 1100 acres then. It is spreading at a rate of f(t) = 5√t acres per hour. Over the next 16 hours the fire will spread over acres. (Round to nearest tenth.)

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A forest fire is found at midnight. It covers 1100 acres then. It is spreading at a rate of f(t) = 5√t acres per hour.
Over the next 16 hours the fire will spread over acres. (Round to nearest tenth.)
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Transcribed Image Text:Applications of Integrals Question 26, Instructor-created question A forest fire is found at midnight. It covers 1100 acres then. It is spreading at a rate of f(t) = 5√t acres per hour. Over the next 16 hours the fire will spread over acres. (Round to nearest tenth.) Sm SNE
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