Students will interpret their understanding of

applications of integration.

Students will use technology for research and
communication: wiki/blog.

Students will present their findings to the class
through digital Media (Video/Booklet).




This project covers the application of topics in
calculus; students will apply the concepts and
theorems they have learned on integration. Moreover
students will be able to apply their knowledge in
relation to various Engineering problems and
economic applications.





Task 1
The boundaries of a piece of land that belongs to your
family can be best described as in the following
graph:


i.e. the area between the axis and the graph of the
function
()

Answer the following questions:
1. Using approximating rectangles dividing the interval
from 0 to 4 into 5 equal subdivisions, estimate the area
between ()

and the xaxis,

with x=0.8.
Find f(x) for x = 0.4, 1.2, 2.0, 2.8, 3.6
( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( )

The approximate integral is 25.12

2. Calculate the exact value of the same area using the
definite integral.




Definite Integral:
First integrate f(x):

Task 2
Oil Consumption
Suppose that the rate of consumption of a natural
resource is (), where:
() =

Here is time in years, is a constant, and is the
consumption in the year when = 0.
In 2006, an oil company sold 1.2 billion barrels of
oil. Assume that = 0.04.
Answer the following questions:
a) Write () for the oil company, letting = 0
represent 2006.
K=1.2 t=0 r=0.04

()

()

Hence

()



b) Set up a definite integral for the amount of oil that
the company will sell in the next 10 years.

()

c) Evaluate the definite integral of part b.

((

()

) (

()

))
barrels of oil will be selling in the next 10 years.


















d) The company has about 20 billions barrels of oil in
reserve. To find the number of years that this amount
will last, Solve the
Equation:

()
)

)

(

)


The 20 barrels of oil will last for almost 13 years.

e) Rework part d, assuming that = 0.02.

()
)

)

(

)


The 20 barrels of oil will last for almost 14.5 years or 14
years.




Task 3

The annual revenue for your company over the past
five years was found to follow the following Integral
formula:

Where n is the number of years
Answer the following questions:
1. Verify the following relation between two
consecutive years' revenue:

()

2. Find the revenue of year 2
i.e. Find U2

()

( ) ( )











Task 4
A water well of depth 50 feet is used to supply
people with water. A rope of weight 0.2 lbs/ft
is used take the water out of the well using a
barrel that weight 80 lbs when it is full of
water.

Use the above information to:
a) Calculate the work needed to lift the barrel from the
bottom to the midpoint of the well.
( ) ()

() is the amount of work needed.



b) Calculate the work needed to lift the barrel from the
midpoint of the well to the top of the well.
( ) ()

( ) Is the amount of work needed.

c) Calculate the work needed to lift the barrel from the
bottom to the top of the well.
( ) ()

() Is the amount of work needed
d) Compare the above three results and comment on
them

( )

( )

( )

The sum of the work needed to lift the barrel form the
bottom of the wall to the middle of the wall and to the
top of the wall is equal to the work needed to left it from
the bottom to the top of the wall.