2. During typhoon Ambo, PAGASA tracks the amount of accumulating rainfall. For the first three hours of typhoon, the rain fell a
t a constant rate of 25mm per hour The typhoon slows down for an hour and started again at a constant rate of 20 mm per hour for the next two hours. Write a piecewise function that models the amount of rainfall as function of time.
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Step-by-step explanation:
Given the following information:
First three hours of typhoon: rate of Rainfall. = 25mm per hour
Typhoon slows down for an hour : then Rainfall began again at a constant rate of 20 mm per hour for the next 2 hours
Piecewise function which models Rainfall ad a function of time
Amount of Rainfall as a function of time = f(t)
f(t) = 25t ; if t≤ 3
When typhoon slowed down for an hour :
f(t) = 0;
f(t) = 25*3 ; for t ∈ (3, 4)
Then Rainfall at a constant rate of 20mm for another 2 hours
f(t) = (25 *3) + 20(t - 4) ; for t ∈ (5, 6)
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