gives the height as time passes of a typical pine tree grown

Last updated: 6/23/2023

gives the height as time passes of a typical pine tree grown for lumber at a managed site Tree age years 42 49 14 21 28 35 64 72 79 84 Height feet If H t is the height of the tree after t years construct a table of estimated values for H Use a one sided difference quotient with an adjacent point for the first and last values and the average of two difference quotients with adjacent points for all other values Round your answers to two decimal places 2 0 1 5 1 0 t 0 5 14 21 28 35 42 49 40 54 64 Sketch the graph of H H 72 79 84 H t 40 x X X x x X 54 H 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 H 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 2 0 H 1 5 1 0 0 5