17. The population density of a circular region is given by \( f(r) = 10 - 3\sqrt{r} \) people per square mile, where \( r \) is the distance from the center of the city, in miles. Which of the following expressions gives the number of people who live within a 3 mile radius from the center of the city?






Answer is: option4

\( 2\pi \int_0^3 r (10 - 3\sqrt{r}) \, dr \)

Solution:

Population in ring = \( 2\pi r \cdot f(r) \cdot dr \)

where:

  1. \( 2\pi r \) is the circumference of the ring,
  2. \( f(r) \) is the population density per square mile,
  3. \( dr \) is the thickness of the ring, making \( 2\pi r \, dr \) the area of that thin ring.

Given:

\[ f(r) = 10 - 3\sqrt{r} \]

Total population within radius 3 is:

\[ \text{Population} = \int_0^3 2\pi r \cdot (10 - 3\sqrt{r}) \, dr \]

This is:

\[ 2\pi \int_0^3 r(10 - 3\sqrt{r}) \, dr \]

Which exactly matches option (D).

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