The graph shows a city's daily rate of use of electricity (in millions of kilowatts). Estimate the total daily usage of electricity by summing the area of rectangles. Use the left endpoints, then the right endpoints, then give the average of those results as the answer. Let the width of each rectangle be 2 hours 28 24 20 16- 12- Midnight 4AM SAM Noon 4PM 8PM Monight

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The graph shows a city's daily rate
of use of electricity (in millions of
kilowatts). Estimate the total daily
usage of electricity by summing the
area of rectangles. Use the left
endpoints, then the right endpoints,
then give the average of those
results as the answer. Let the
width of each rectangle be 2 hours
28
24
20
16-
$12
Milions of ka
៨. ០.៦
Midnight 4AM BAM Noon 4PM 8PM Monight
GEE
The estimate of the city's total daily usage of electricity for the given day, found by averaging the estimates using left and right endpoints, is million kw-hrs
(Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)
Transcribed Image Text:The graph shows a city's daily rate of use of electricity (in millions of kilowatts). Estimate the total daily usage of electricity by summing the area of rectangles. Use the left endpoints, then the right endpoints, then give the average of those results as the answer. Let the width of each rectangle be 2 hours 28 24 20 16- $12 Milions of ka ៨. ០.៦ Midnight 4AM BAM Noon 4PM 8PM Monight GEE The estimate of the city's total daily usage of electricity for the given day, found by averaging the estimates using left and right endpoints, is million kw-hrs (Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)
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