Oil is pumped continuously from a well at a rate proportional to the amount of oil left

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Oil is pumped continuously from a well at a rate proportional to the amount of oil left in the well. Initially there were 1 million barrels of oil in the well; six years later 500,000 barrels remain.
(a) At what rate was the amount of oil in the well decreasing when there were 600,000 barrels remaining?
(b) When will there be 50,000 barrels remaining?

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Applied Calculus

ISBN: 9781119275565

6th Edition

Authors: Deborah Hughes Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, Daniel E. Flath, Sheldon P. Gordon, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, William G. McCallum, Brad G. Osgood, Andrew Pasquale

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