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Exercise 11.4 · Q5

Q.A wound is healing in such a way that tt days since Sunday the area of the wound has been decreasing at a rate of −3(t+2)2-\dfrac{3}{(t+2)^{2}} cm2^2 per day. If on Monday the area of the wound was 22 cm2^2:

(i) What was the area of the wound on Sunday?
(ii) What is the anticipated area of the wound on Thursday if it continues to heal at the same rate?
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Let tt be measured in days since Sunday (t=0t=0), so Monday is t=1t=1 and Thursday is t=4t=4. Integrate the given rate dAdt=−3(t+2)2\dfrac{dA}{dt}=-\dfrac{3}{(t+2)^2} to recover A(t)A(t), use the Monday data point to fix the constant, then evaluate at t=0t=0 and t=4t=4.

Step 1. Set up the rate equation.

dAdt=−3(t+2)2=−3(t+2)−2.\frac{dA}{dt} = -\frac{3}{(t+2)^2} = -3(t+2)^{-2}.

Step 2. Integrate to find A(t)A(t). Using the linear-argument power rule with a=1, n=−2a=1,\ n=-2:

A(t)=∫−3(t+2)−2 dt=−3×(t+2)−1−1+c=3t+2+c.A(t) = \int -3(t+2)^{-2}\,dt = -3\times\frac{(t+2)^{-1}}{-1}+c=\frac{3}{t+2}+c.

Step 3. Apply the Monday condition. Monday is t=1t=1, where A=2A=2:

A(1)=31+2+c=33+c=1+c.A(1) = \frac{3}{1+2}+c=\frac33+c=1+c.

Setting this equal to 22: c=1c=1. So

A(t)=3t+2+1.A(t) = \frac{3}{t+2}+1.

Step 4. (i) Find the area on Sunday (t=0t=0).

A(0)=30+2+1=32+1=2.5 cm2.A(0) = \frac{3}{0+2}+1=\frac32+1=2.5 \text{ cm}^2. …

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