HOW TO TRANSLATE A STORY PROBLEM :
LIFETIME OF A GAS FIELD USING INTEGRALS |
an interactive exercise using mouseover script:
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For this exercise, study the problem in the gold box below for a few minutes.
Decide how you would translate the words into mathematical language, perhaps
writing your thoughts on paper. Then let your mouse wander across the problem,
noting how another observer would use and translate the same phrases. And
beware: your conscience is watching you!
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The above tutorial should help to "set up", that is, translate the given
problem into an equation containing a definite integral. However, this page
does not (at this writing) explain how to solve the equation and obtain a
final numerical answer to the problem. Prof McFarland felt that
the student's main difficulty is the "setting up" process, and he hopes that
this web device helps the set up in a new and interesting way. Your comments
are eagerly invited!
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