U.S. Oil Reserves and Peak Oil
We use calculus methods to estimate the quantity of U.S. oil reserves. We consider a model that consists of an exponential function with four unknown constants. We fit real oil production data to determine the unknown constants. With the constants determined we use the function to find the year in w...
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| Language: | English |
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University of South Florida
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two |
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol4/iss2/1 |