In 2001, the United Kingdom suffered an epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease. The graph below shows the reported

Question:

In 2001, the United Kingdom suffered an epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease. The graph below shows the reported number of cattle (red) and pigs (blue) that were culled each month from mid-February through mid- October in an effort to stop the spread of the disease. In section 7.3 on Area and the Definite Integral we estimated the number of cattle and pigs that were culled using rectangles.

a. Estimate the total number of cattle that were culled from mid-February through mid-October and compare this with 581,801, the actual number of cattle that were culled. Use Simpson’s rule with interval widths of one month starting with mid-February.

b. Estimate the total number of pigs that were culled from mid-February through mid-October and compare this with 146,145, the actual number of pigs that were culled. Use Simpson’s rule with interval widths of one month starting with mid-February.