During a 12-hour shift a fuel tank has varying levels due to consumption and transfer pump automatically cutting in and out to maintain a safe fuel level. The following table of fuel tank level versus time (Data available for download 1) is missing readings for 5 and 9 AM. Using linear interpolation, estimate the fuel level at those times.
|
Time [hours, AM] |
Tank level [m] |
|
1:00 |
1.5 |
|
2:00 |
1.7 |
|
3:00 |
2.3 |
|
4:00 |
2.9 |
|
5:00 |
? |
|
6:00 |
2.6 |
|
7:00 |
2.5 |
|
8:00 |
2.3 |
|
9:00 |
? |
|
10:00 |
2.0 |
|
11:00 |
1.8 |
|
12:00 |
1.3 |
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