Set up systems of equations and solve by any appropriate method. All numbers are accurate to at

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Set up systems of equations and solve by any appropriate method. All numbers are accurate to at least two significant digits.

A computer analysis showed that the temperature T of the ocean water within 1000 m of a nuclear-plant discharge pipe was given by


where x is the distance from the pipe and a and b are constants. If T = 14°C for x = 0 and T = 10°C for x = 900 m, find a and b.

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Basic Technical Mathematics

ISBN: 9780137529896

12th Edition

Authors: Allyn J. Washington, Richard Evans

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