Following an explosion on the Longwater drilling rig, oil began to leak into the ocean from a damaged underwater pipe. It took several months for experts to seal the pipe.
For the first fifteen weeks, the rate at which oil leaked from the pipe, measured in barrels per week, was recorded every three weeks. The results are shown below.
Time (weeks) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
Rate of leak (barrels per week) | 0 | 2500 | 8000 | 15000 | 25000 | 37500 |
The trapezium rule is to be used to find an approximation to the total amount of oil that leaked during the first fifteen weeks, using all the data in the table.
(i) Write down the number of intervals, , that will be used.
(ii) Write down the width of each interval, .