The following table shows daily offshore crude oil production by a country's national oil company, for 2008-2014 (t = 0

represents 2008).

Year t

(Year since 2008) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Offshore Crude Oil Production s(t)

(million barrels/day) 2.29 2.01 1.95 1.90 1.90 1.90 1.89

(a) Find s(0), s(1), and s(5).

s(0) =

Interpret your answer.

In the year , the country's national oil company produced million barrels of crude oil per day.

s(1) =

Interpret your answer.

In the year , the country's national oil company produced million barrels of crude oil per day.

s(5) =

Interpret your answer.

In the year , the country's national oil company produced million barrels of crude oil per day.

(b) Find s(5) s(0).

s(5) s(0) =

Interpret your answer.

Crude oil production by the country's national oil company decreased by million barrels of crude oil per day between the years and .