(See Solution) The National Air and Space Museum, in Washington D.C., is the most visited museum in the world. The rate at which visitors arrive at the Air


Question: The National Air and Space Museum, in Washington D.C., is the most visited museum in the world. The rate at which visitors arrive at the Air and Space Museum on a busy summer day can be modeled by the function \(A\) defined by:

\[A(t)=\frac{19,800}{t^{2}-28 t+202}\]

The rate at which people leave the museum on the same day can be modeled by the function \(L\) defined by

\[L(t)=\frac{8400}{t^{2}-34 t+290}\]

Both \(A(t)\) and \(L(t)\) are measured in people per hour and time \(t\) is measured in hours after midnight. These functions are valid for \(10 \leq t \leq 17.5\), the hours during which the museum is open. At time \(t=10\), there are no visitors in the museum.

  1. How many people have arrived in the museum by noon? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
  2. Let \(F(t)=\int_{10}^{t} A(x)-L(x) d x\) for \(10 \leq t \leq 17.5\). Find the values of \(F(15)\) and
    \(F^{\prime}(15)\), and explain the meaning of \(F(15)\) and \(F^{\prime}(15)\) in the context of the museum.
  3. At what time \(\mathrm{t}\), for \(10 \leq t \leq 17.5\), does the model predict that the number of visitors in the museum is a maximum?
  4. Admission to the museum is free, but roughly 50% of the visitors who enter the museum between noon and 1 o'clock see the Imax movie, at $8.50 person, and roughly 20% of the visitors who enter the museum between noon and 1 o'clock see the planetarium show, at $6.50 person. Approximately how much money does the museum collect on this day from the visitors who arrive between noon and 1 o'clock and see either the movie or the planetarium show?

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