The amount of oil used by a ship traveling at a uniform speed varies jointly with the distance and the square of the speed. the ship uses 30 barrels of oil in traveling 85 miles at 42 mi/h. how many barrels of oil are used when the ship travels 26 miles at 54 mi/h? round your answer to the nearest tenth of a barrel, if necessary.
a. 2.3 barrel

Respuesta :

A = kdv^2    where A = amount oil d = distance and v = speed and k is a constant
so 
30 = k*85*42^2
Now solve for k:-
k = 30 / (85*42^2) =     0.00020008

So when d = 26 and v = 54

Amount of oil A = 0.00020008 * 26*54^2
                          =  15.2 barrels

The amount of oil used when the ship travels 26 miles at 54 mi/h is 15.2 barrels

Let the amount of oil used by the ship is [tex]y[/tex] barrels

let the distance traveled  be [tex]s[/tex] miles

Let the velocity of the of the ship be [tex]v[/tex] miles per hour  

then according to the given condition we can write equation (1)

[tex]y\; \alpha \; s\; v^2\\\\\\y\; = k \; s\; v^2....(1)\\\\\\rm where \; k = constant \; of\; Proportionality[/tex]

Given that ,

Quantity of Oil used by ship = 30 barrels

Speed of the Ship =42 miles per hour

Distance traveled by the ship = 85 miles

Putting these values in equation (1) we can get

[tex]\rm 30= k\times 85\times\ (42)^2\\k = 0.0002[/tex]

So the equation of amount of oil used can be written as equation (2)

[tex]y = 0.0002\times sv^2....(2)[/tex]

According to second condition given in the question we can write

[tex]\rm y = 0.0002\times 26\times (54)^2\\\rm y= 15.2 \; barrels[/tex]

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