Application of Integrals - AP Calculus BC

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The temperature of an oven is increasing at a rate degrees Fahrenheit per miniute for minutes. The initial temperature of the oven is degrees Fahrenheit.

What is the temperture of the oven at ? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

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Answer

Integrating over an interval will tell us the total accumulation, or change, in temperature over that interval. Therefore, we will need to evaluate the integral

to find the change in temperature that occurs during the first five minutes.

A substitution is useful in this case. Let. We should also express the limits of integration in terms of . When , and when Making these substitutions leads to the integral

.

To evaluate this, you must know the antiderivative of an exponential function.

In general,

.

Therefore,

.

This tells us that the temperature rose by approximately degrees during the first five minutes. The last step is to add the initial temperature, which tells us that the temperature at minutes is

degrees.

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