Values for the rate R(t), in acres per hour, of a wild fire t hours since the fire began
are given in the table below. You may assume that the R(t) is continuous and strictly
increasing or decreasing over each interval in the provided table.
t012345
R(t) 347454
Use the data provided in the table (and n=5) to determine an overestimate of the
total amount of acres the forest fire covered in the first 5 hours.
(Round to two decimal places)
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