The table below gives the depth of water across a river measured at one metre intervals between banks.
Distance (m) 0 1 2 3 4
Water depth (m) 0 0.5 1.6 0.9 0
(a) Use the Trapezium rule to estimate the cross-sectional area of the river.
(b) A river hydrologist estimates that at the place where this cross sectional data was measured the average speed of water flow is 0.6m/s. Estimate the volume of water which passes this section of the river in one minute
