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ap-calculus-ab 2010 Q3 Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
There are 700 people in line for a popular amusement-park ride when the ride begins operation in the morning. Once it begins operation, the ride accepts passengers until the park closes 8 hours later. While there is a line, people move onto the ride at a rate of 800 people per hour. The graph above shows the rate, $r(t)$, at which people arrive at the ride throughout the day. Time $t$ is measured in hours from the time the ride begins operation.
(a) How many people arrive at the ride between $t = 0$ and $t = 3$? Show the computations that lead to your answer.
(b) Is the number of people waiting in line to get on the ride increasing or decreasing between $t = 2$ and $t = 3$? Justify your answer.
(c) At what time $t$ is the line for the ride the longest? How many people are in line at that time? Justify your answers.
(d) Write, but do not solve, an equation involving an integral expression of $r$ whose solution gives the earliest time $t$ at which there is no longer a line for the ride.
ap-calculus-ab 2011 Q2 Multi-Part Applied Integration with Context (Trapezoidal/Numerical Estimation) View
As a pot of tea cools, the temperature of the tea is modeled by a differentiable function $H$ for $0 \leq t \leq 10$, where time $t$ is measured in minutes and temperature $H(t)$ is measured in degrees Celsius. Values of $H(t)$ at selected values of time $t$ are shown in the table below.
\begin{tabular}{ c } $t$
(minutes)
& 0 & 2 & 5 & 9 & 10 \hline
$H(t)$
(degrees Celsius)
& 66 & 60 & 52 & 44 & 43 \hline \end{tabular}
(a) Use the data in the table to approximate the rate at which the temperature of the tea is changing at time $t = 3.5$. Show the computations that lead to your answer.
(b) Using correct units, explain the meaning of $\frac{1}{10}\int_{0}^{10} H(t)\,dt$ in the context of this problem. Use a trapezoidal sum with the four subintervals indicated by the table to estimate $\frac{1}{10}\int_{0}^{10} H(t)\,dt$.
(c) Evaluate $\int_{0}^{10} H'(t)\,dt$. Using correct units, explain the meaning of the expression in the context of this problem.
(d) At time $t = 0$, biscuits with temperature $100^{\circ}\mathrm{C}$ were removed from an oven. The temperature of the biscuits at time $t$ is modeled by a differentiable function $B$ for which it is known that $B'(t) = -13.84e^{-0.173t}$. Using the given models, at time $t = 10$, how much cooler are the biscuits than the tea?
ap-calculus-ab 2011 Q2 Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
A 12,000-liter tank of water is filled to capacity. At time $t = 0$, water begins to drain out of the tank at a rate modeled by $r(t)$, measured in liters per hour, where $r$ is given by the piecewise-defined function $$r(t) = \begin{cases} \dfrac{600t}{t+3} & \text{for } 0 \leq t \leq 5 \\ 1000e^{-0.2t} & \text{for } t > 5 \end{cases}$$
(a) Is $r$ continuous at $t = 5$? Show the work that leads to your answer.
(b) Find the average rate at which water is draining from the tank between time $t = 0$ and time $t = 8$ hours.
(c) Find $r^{\prime}(3)$. Using correct units, explain the meaning of that value in the context of this problem.
(d) Write, but do not solve, an equation involving an integral to find the time $A$ when the amount of water in the tank is 9000 liters.
ap-calculus-ab 2011 Q4 Accumulation Function Analysis View
The continuous function $f$ is defined on the interval $-4 \leq x \leq 3$. The graph of $f$ consists of two quarter circles and one line segment, as shown in the figure. Let $g(x) = 2x + \int_{0}^{x} f(t)\,dt$.
(a) Find $g(-3)$. Find $g'(x)$ and evaluate $g'(-3)$.
(b) Determine the $x$-coordinate of the point at which $g$ has an absolute maximum on the interval $-4 \leq x \leq 3$. Justify your answer.
(c) Find all values of $x$ on the interval $-4 < x < 3$ for which the graph of $g$ has a point of inflection. Give a reason for your answer.
(d) Find the average rate of change of $f$ on the interval $-4 \leq x \leq 3$. There is no point $c$, $-4 < c < 3$, for which $f'(c)$ is equal to that average rate of change. Explain why this statement does not contradict the Mean Value Theorem.
ap-calculus-ab 2011 Q6 Definite Integral Evaluation (Computational) View
Let $g$ be the piecewise-linear function defined on $[-2\pi, 4\pi]$ whose graph is given above, and let $f(x) = g(x) - \cos\left(\dfrac{x}{2}\right)$.
(a) Find $\int_{-2\pi}^{4\pi} f(x)\, dx$. Show the computations that lead to your answer.
(b) Find all $x$-values in the open interval $(-2\pi, 4\pi)$ for which $f$ has a critical point.
(c) Let $h(x) = \int_{0}^{3x} g(t)\, dt$. Find $h^{\prime}\!\left(-\dfrac{\pi}{3}\right)$.
ap-calculus-ab 2012 QFR1 Multi-Part Applied Integration with Context (Trapezoidal/Numerical Estimation) View
The temperature of water in a tub at time $t$ is modeled by a strictly increasing, twice-differentiable function $W$, where $W ( t )$ is measured in degrees Fahrenheit and $t$ is measured in minutes. At time $t = 0$, the temperature of the water is $55 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { F }$. The water is heated for 30 minutes, beginning at time $t = 0$. Values of $W ( t )$ at selected times $t$ for the first 20 minutes are given in the table above.
$t$ (minutes)0491520
$W ( t )$ (degrees Fahrenheit)55.057.161.867.971.0

(a) Use the data in the table to estimate $W ^ { \prime } ( 12 )$. Show the computations that lead to your answer. Using correct units, interpret the meaning of your answer in the context of this problem.
(b) Use the data in the table to evaluate $\int _ { 0 } ^ { 20 } W ^ { \prime } ( t ) d t$. Using correct units, interpret the meaning of $\int _ { 0 } ^ { 20 } W ^ { \prime } ( t ) d t$ in the context of this problem.
(c) For $0 \leq t \leq 20$, the average temperature of the water in the tub is $\frac { 1 } { 20 } \int _ { 0 } ^ { 20 } W ( t ) d t$. Use a left Riemann sum with the four subintervals indicated by the data in the table to approximate $\frac { 1 } { 20 } \int _ { 0 } ^ { 20 } W ( t ) d t$. Does this approximation overestimate or underestimate the average temperature of the water over these 20 minutes? Explain your reasoning.
(d) For $20 \leq t \leq 25$, the function $W$ that models the water temperature has first derivative given by $W ^ { \prime } ( t ) = 0.4 \sqrt { t } \cos ( 0.06 t )$. Based on the model, what is the temperature of the water at time $t = 25$ ?
ap-calculus-ab 2012 QFR3 Accumulation Function Analysis View
Let $f$ be the continuous function defined on $[ - 4,3 ]$ whose graph, consisting of three line segments and a semicircle centered at the origin, is given above. Let $g$ be the function given by $g ( x ) = \int _ { 1 } ^ { x } f ( t ) d t$.
(a) Find the values of $g ( 2 )$ and $g ( - 2 )$.
(b) For each of $g ^ { \prime } ( - 3 )$ and $g ^ { \prime \prime } ( - 3 )$, find the value or state that it does not exist.
(c) Find the $x$-coordinate of each point at which the graph of $g$ has a horizontal tangent line. For each of these points, determine whether $g$ has a relative minimum, relative maximum, or neither a minimum nor a maximum at the point. Justify your answers.
(d) For $- 4 < x < 3$, find all values of $x$ for which the graph of $g$ has a point of inflection. Explain your reasoning.
ap-calculus-ab 2012 Q13 Piecewise/Periodic Function Integration View
The function $f$ is defined by $f ( x ) = \left\{ \begin{array} { l l } 2 & \text { for } x < 3 \\ x - 1 & \text { for } x \geq 3 \end{array} \right.$. What is the value of $\int _ { 1 } ^ { 5 } f ( x ) d x$ ?
(A) 2
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 10
(E) 12
ap-calculus-ab 2012 Q81 Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
Water is pumped into a tank at a rate of $r ( t ) = 30 \left( 1 - e ^ { - 0.16 t } \right)$ gallons per minute, where $t$ is the number of minutes since the pump was turned on. If the tank contained 800 gallons of water when the pump was turned on, how much water, to the nearest gallon, is in the tank after 20 minutes?
(A) 380 gallons
(B) 420 gallons
(C) 829 gallons
(D) 1220 gallons
(E) 1376 gallons
ap-calculus-ab 2013 Q3 Multi-Part Applied Integration with Context (Trapezoidal/Numerical Estimation) View
Hot water is dripping through a coffeemaker, filling a large cup with coffee. The amount of coffee in the cup at time $t$, $0 \leq t \leq 6$, is given by a differentiable function $C$, where $t$ is measured in minutes. Selected values of $C ( t )$, measured in ounces, are given in the table below.
\begin{tabular}{ c } $t$
(minutes)
& 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 \hline
$C ( t )$
(ounces)
& 0 & 5.3 & 8.8 & 11.2 & 12.8 & 13.8 & 14.5 \hline \end{tabular}
(a) Use the data in the table to approximate $C ^ { \prime } ( 3.5 )$. Show the computations that lead to your answer, and indicate units of measure.
(b) Is there a time $t$, $2 \leq t \leq 4$, at which $C ^ { \prime } ( t ) = 2$? Justify your answer.
(c) Use a midpoint sum with three subintervals of equal length indicated by the data in the table to approximate the value of $\frac { 1 } { 6 } \int _ { 0 } ^ { 6 } C ( t ) \, dt$. Using correct units, explain the meaning of $\frac { 1 } { 6 } \int _ { 0 } ^ { 6 } C ( t ) \, dt$ in the context of the problem.
(d) The amount of coffee in the cup, in ounces, is modeled by $B ( t ) = 16 - 16 e ^ { - 0.4 t }$. Using this model, find the rate at which the amount of coffee in the cup is changing when $t = 5$.
ap-calculus-ab 2014 Q3 Accumulation Function Analysis View
The function $f$ is defined on the closed interval $[ - 5, 4 ]$. The graph of $f$ consists of three line segments and is shown in the figure above. Let $g$ be the function defined by $g ( x ) = \int _ { - 3 } ^ { x } f ( t ) \, dt$.
(a) Find $g ( 3 )$.
(b) On what open intervals contained in $- 5 < x < 4$ is the graph of $g$ both increasing and concave down? Give a reason for your answer.
(c) The function $h$ is defined by $h ( x ) = \dfrac { g ( x ) } { 5 x }$. Find $h ^ { \prime } ( 3 )$.
(d) The function $p$ is defined by $p ( x ) = f \left( x ^ { 2 } - x \right)$. Find the slope of the line tangent to the graph of $p$ at the point where $x = - 1$.
ap-calculus-ab 2015 Q1 Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
The rate at which rainwater flows into a drainpipe is modeled by the function $R$, where $R(t) = 20\sin\left(\frac{t^2}{35}\right)$ cubic feet per hour, $t$ is measured in hours, and $0 \leq t \leq 8$. The pipe is partially blocked, allowing water to drain out the other end of the pipe at a rate modeled by $D(t) = -0.04t^3 + 0.4t^2 + 0.96t$ cubic feet per hour, for $0 \leq t \leq 8$. There are 30 cubic feet of water in the pipe at time $t = 0$.
(a) How many cubic feet of rainwater flow into the pipe during the 8-hour time interval $0 \leq t \leq 8$?
(b) Is the amount of water in the pipe increasing or decreasing at time $t = 3$ hours? Give a reason for your answer.
(c) At what time $t$, $0 \leq t \leq 8$, is the amount of water in the pipe at a minimum? Justify your answer.
(d) The pipe can hold 50 cubic feet of water before overflowing. For $t > 8$, water continues to flow into and out of the pipe at the given rates until the pipe begins to overflow. Write, but do not solve, an equation involving one or more integrals that gives the time $w$ when the pipe will begin to overflow.
ap-calculus-ab 2015 Q5 Recovering Function Values from Derivative Information View
The figure above shows the graph of $f'$, the derivative of a twice-differentiable function $f$, on the interval $[-3, 4]$. The graph of $f'$ has horizontal tangents at $x = -1$, $x = 1$, and $x = 3$. The areas of the regions bounded by the $x$-axis and the graph of $f'$ on the intervals $[-2, 1]$ and $[1, 4]$ are 9 and 12, respectively.
(a) Find all $x$-coordinates at which $f$ has a relative maximum. Give a reason for your answer.
(b) On what open intervals contained in $-3 < x < 4$ is the graph of $f$ both concave down and decreasing? Give a reason for your answer.
(c) Find the $x$-coordinates of all points of inflection for the graph of $f$. Give a reason for your answer.
(d) Given that $f(1) = 3$, write an expression for $f(x)$ that involves an integral. Find $f(4)$ and $f(-2)$.
ap-calculus-ab 2016 Q1 Multi-Part Applied Integration with Context (Trapezoidal/Numerical Estimation) View
Water is pumped into a tank at a rate modeled by $W ( t ) = 2000 e ^ { - t ^ { 2 } / 20 }$ liters per hour for $0 \leq t \leq 8$, where $t$ is measured in hours. Water is removed from the tank at a rate modeled by $R ( t )$ liters per hour, where $R$ is differentiable and decreasing on $0 \leq t \leq 8$. Selected values of $R ( t )$ are shown in the table below. At time $t = 0$, there are 50,000 liters of water in the tank.
\begin{tabular}{ c } $t$
(hours)
& 0 & 1 & 3 & 6 & 8 \hline
$R ( t )$
(liters / hour)
& 1340 & 1190 & 950 & 740 & 700 \hline \end{tabular}
(a) Estimate $R ^ { \prime } ( 2 )$. Show the work that leads to your answer. Indicate units of measure.
(b) Use a left Riemann sum with the four subintervals indicated by the table to estimate the total amount of water removed from the tank during the 8 hours. Is this an overestimate or an underestimate of the total amount of water removed? Give a reason for your answer.
(c) Use your answer from part (b) to find an estimate of the total amount of water in the tank, to the nearest liter, at the end of 8 hours.
(d) For $0 \leq t \leq 8$, is there a time $t$ when the rate at which water is pumped into the tank is the same as the rate at which water is removed from the tank? Explain why or why not.
ap-calculus-ab 2016 Q3 Accumulation Function Analysis View
The figure above shows the graph of the piecewise-linear function $f$. For $- 4 \leq x \leq 12$, the function $g$ is defined by $g ( x ) = \int _ { 2 } ^ { x } f ( t ) \, dt$.
(a) Does $g$ have a relative minimum, a relative maximum, or neither at $x = 10$? Justify your answer.
(b) Does the graph of $g$ have a point of inflection at $x = 4$? Justify your answer.
(c) Find the absolute minimum value and the absolute maximum value of $g$ on the interval $- 4 \leq x \leq 12$. Justify your answers.
(d) For $- 4 \leq x \leq 12$, find all intervals for which $g ( x ) \leq 0$.
ap-calculus-ab 2017 Q2 Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
When a certain grocery store opens, it has 50 pounds of bananas on a display table. Customers remove bananas from the display table at a rate modeled by $$f(t) = 10 + (0.8t)\sin\left(\frac{t^3}{100}\right) \text{ for } 0 < t \leq 12$$ where $f(t)$ is measured in pounds per hour and $t$ is the number of hours after the store opened. After the store has been open for three hours, store employees add bananas to the display table at a rate modeled by $$g(t) = 3 + 2.4\ln\left(t^2 + 2t\right) \text{ for } 3 < t \leq 12$$ where $g(t)$ is measured in pounds per hour and $t$ is the number of hours after the store opened.
(a) How many pounds of bananas are removed from the display table during the first 2 hours the store is open?
(b) Find $f'(7)$. Using correct units, explain the meaning of $f'(7)$ in the context of the problem.
(c) Is the number of pounds of bananas on the display table increasing or decreasing at time $t = 5$? Give a reason for your answer.
(d) How many pounds of bananas are on the display table at time $t = 8$?
ap-calculus-ab 2017 Q3 Recovering Function Values from Derivative Information View
The function $f$ is differentiable on the closed interval $[-6, 5]$ and satisfies $f(-2) = 7$. The graph of $f'$, the derivative of $f$, consists of a semicircle and three line segments, as shown in the figure above.
(a) Find the values of $f(-6)$ and $f(5)$.
(b) On what intervals is $f$ increasing? Justify your answer.
(c) Find the absolute minimum value of $f$ on the closed interval $[-6, 5]$. Justify your answer.
(d) For each of $f''(-5)$ and $f''(3)$, find the value or explain why it does not exist.
ap-calculus-ab 2018 Q1 Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
People enter a line for an escalator at a rate modeled by the function $r$ given by
$$r ( t ) = \begin{cases} 44 \left( \frac { t } { 100 } \right) ^ { 3 } \left( 1 - \frac { t } { 300 } \right) ^ { 7 } & \text { for } 0 \leq t \leq 300 \\ 0 & \text { for } t > 300 \end{cases}$$
where $r ( t )$ is measured in people per second and $t$ is measured in seconds. As people get on the escalator, they exit the line at a constant rate of 0.7 person per second. There are 20 people in line at time $t = 0$.
(a) How many people enter the line for the escalator during the time interval $0 \leq t \leq 300$ ?
(b) During the time interval $0 \leq t \leq 300$, there are always people in line for the escalator. How many people are in line at time $t = 300$ ?
(c) For $t > 300$, what is the first time $t$ that there are no people in line for the escalator?
(d) For $0 \leq t \leq 300$, at what time $t$ is the number of people in line a minimum? To the nearest whole number, find the number of people in line at this time. Justify your answer.
ap-calculus-ab 2018 Q3 Recovering Function Values from Derivative Information View
The graph of the continuous function $g$, the derivative of the function $f$, is shown above. The function $g$ is piecewise linear for $- 5 \leq x < 3$, and $g ( x ) = 2 ( x - 4 ) ^ { 2 }$ for $3 \leq x \leq 6$.
(a) If $f ( 1 ) = 3$, what is the value of $f ( - 5 )$ ?
(b) Evaluate $\int _ { 1 } ^ { 6 } g ( x ) \, dx$.
(c) For $- 5 < x < 6$, on what open intervals, if any, is the graph of $f$ both increasing and concave up? Give a reason for your answer.
(d) Find the $x$-coordinate of each point of inflection of the graph of $f$. Give a reason for your answer.
ap-calculus-ab 2019 Q1 Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
Fish enter a lake at a rate modeled by the function $E$ given by $E(t) = 20 + 15\sin\left(\frac{\pi t}{6}\right)$. Fish leave the lake at a rate modeled by the function $L$ given by $L(t) = 4 + 2^{0.1t^2}$. Both $E(t)$ and $L(t)$ are measured in fish per hour, and $t$ is measured in hours since midnight $(t = 0)$.
(a) How many fish enter the lake over the 5-hour period from midnight $(t = 0)$ to 5 A.M. $(t = 5)$? Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
(b) What is the average number of fish that leave the lake per hour over the 5-hour period from midnight $(t = 0)$ to 5 A.M. $(t = 5)$?
(c) At what time $t$, for $0 \leq t \leq 8$, is the greatest number of fish in the lake? Justify your answer.
(d) Is the rate of change in the number of fish in the lake increasing or decreasing at 5 a.m. $(t = 5)$? Explain your reasoning.
ap-calculus-ab 2019 Q2 Multi-Part Applied Integration with Context (Trapezoidal/Numerical Estimation) View
The velocity of a particle, $P$, moving along the $x$-axis is given by the differentiable function $v_P$, where $v_P(t)$ is measured in meters per hour and $t$ is measured in hours. Selected values of $v_P(t)$ are shown in the table below. Particle $P$ is at the origin at time $t = 0$.
\begin{tabular}{ c } $t$
(hours)
& 0 & 0.3 & 1.7 & 2.8 & 4 \hline
$v_P(t)$
(meters per hour)
& 0 & 55 & -29 & 55 & 48 \hline \end{tabular}
(a) Justify why there must be at least one time $t$, for $0.3 \leq t \leq 2.8$, at which $v_P'(t)$, the acceleration of particle $P$, equals 0 meters per hour per hour.
(b) Use a trapezoidal sum with the three subintervals $[0, 0.3]$, $[0.3, 1.7]$, and $[1.7, 2.8]$ to approximate the value of $\int_0^{2.8} v_P(t)\, dt$.
(c) A second particle, $Q$, also moves along the $x$-axis so that its velocity for $0 \leq t \leq 4$ is given by $v_Q(t) = 45\sqrt{t}\cos\left(0.063t^2\right)$ meters per hour. Find the time interval during which the velocity of particle $Q$ is at least 60 meters per hour. Find the distance traveled by particle $Q$ during the interval when the velocity of particle $Q$ is at least 60 meters per hour.
(d) At time $t = 0$, particle $Q$ is at position $x = -90$. Using the result from part (b) and the function $v_Q$ from part (c), approximate the distance between particles $P$ and $Q$ at time $t = 2.8$.
ap-calculus-ab 2019 Q3 Accumulation Function Analysis View
The continuous function $f$ is defined on the closed interval $-6 \leq x \leq 5$. The figure above shows a portion of the graph of $f$, consisting of two line segments and a quarter of a circle centered at the point $(5, 3)$. It is known that the point $(3, 3 - \sqrt{5})$ is on the graph of $f$.
(a) If $\int_{-6}^{5} f(x)\, dx = 7$, find the value of $\int_{-6}^{-2} f(x)\, dx$. Show the work that leads to your answer.
(b) Evaluate $\int_{3}^{5} \left(2f'(x) + 4\right) dx$.
(c) The function $g$ is given by $g(x) = \int_{-2}^{x} f(t)\, dt$. Find the absolute maximum value of $g$ on the interval $-2 \leq x \leq 5$. Justify your answer.
(d) Find $\lim_{x \to 1} \dfrac{10^x - 3f'(x)}{f(x) - \arctan x}$.
ap-calculus-ab 2021 Q1 Multi-Part Applied Integration with Context (Trapezoidal/Numerical Estimation) View
The density of a bacteria population in a circular petri dish at a distance $r$ centimeters from the center of the dish is given by an increasing, differentiable function $f$, where $f(r)$ is measured in milligrams per square centimeter. Values of $f(r)$ for selected values of $r$ are given in the table below.
\begin{tabular}{ c } $r$
(centimeters)
& 0 & 1 & 2 & 2.5 & 4 \hline
$f ( r )$
(milligrams per square centimeter)
& 1 & 2 & 6 & 10 & 18 \hline \end{tabular}
(a) Use the data in the table to estimate $f^{\prime}(2.25)$. Using correct units, interpret the meaning of your answer in the context of this problem.
(b) The total mass, in milligrams, of bacteria in the petri dish is given by the integral expression $2\pi \int_{0}^{4} r f(r)\, dr$. Approximate the value of $2\pi \int_{0}^{4} r f(r)\, dr$ using a right Riemann sum with the four subintervals indicated by the data in the table.
(c) Is the approximation found in part (b) an overestimate or underestimate of the total mass of bacteria in the petri dish? Explain your reasoning.
(d) The density of bacteria in the petri dish, for $1 \leq r \leq 4$, is modeled by the function $g$ defined by $g(r) = 2 - 16(\cos(1.57\sqrt{r}))^{3}$. For what value of $k$, $1 < k < 4$, is $g(k)$ equal to the average value of $g(r)$ on the interval $1 \leq r \leq 4$?
ap-calculus-ab 2021 Q4 Accumulation Function Analysis View
Let $f$ be a continuous function defined on the closed interval $-4 \leq x \leq 6$. The graph of $f$, consisting of four line segments, is shown above. Let $G$ be the function defined by $G(x) = \int_{0}^{x} f(t)\, dt$.
(a) On what open intervals is the graph of $G$ concave up? Give a reason for your answer.
(b) Let $P$ be the function defined by $P(x) = G(x) \cdot f(x)$. Find $P^{\prime}(3)$.
(c) Find $\lim_{x \rightarrow 2} \frac{G(x)}{x^{2} - 2x}$.
(d) Find the average rate of change of $G$ on the interval $[-4, 2]$. Does the Mean Value Theorem guarantee a value $c$, $-4 < c < 2$, for which $G^{\prime}(c)$ is equal to this average rate of change? Justify your answer.
ap-calculus-ab 2022 Q1 Net Change from Rate Functions (Applied Context) View
From 5 A.M. to 10 A.M., the rate at which vehicles arrive at a certain toll plaza is given by $A(t) = 450\sqrt{\sin(0.62t)}$, where $t$ is the number of hours after 5 A.M. and $A(t)$ is measured in vehicles per hour. Traffic is flowing smoothly at 5 A.M. with no vehicles waiting in line.
(a) Write, but do not evaluate, an integral expression that gives the total number of vehicles that arrive at the toll plaza from 6 A.M. $(t=1)$ to 10 A.M. $(t=5)$.
(b) Find the average value of the rate, in vehicles per hour, at which vehicles arrive at the toll plaza from 6 A.M. $(t=1)$ to 10 A.M. $(t=5)$.
(c) Is the rate at which vehicles arrive at the toll plaza at 6 A.M. ($t=1$) increasing or decreasing? Give a reason for your answer.
(d) A line forms whenever $A(t) \geq 400$. The number of vehicles in line at time $t$, for $a \leq t \leq 4$, is given by $N(t) = \int_{a}^{t}(A(x) - 400)\,dx$, where $a$ is the time when a line first begins to form. To the nearest whole number, find the greatest number of vehicles in line at the toll plaza in the time interval $a \leq t \leq 4$. Justify your answer.