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Exercise 5.4

20 一月, 2016 - 09:21

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.

Table 5.4 Fuel tank level versus time

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