In the exercise of the earlier section, we found that the total world wind energy capacity (in megawatts) in recent years could be approximated by the function C(t)=19,259.86(1.2585) ᵗ,where t is the number of years since 2000. Find the rate of change in the energy capacity for the following years. Source: World Wind Energy Association.
(a) 2005
(b) 2010
(c) 2015
A. (a) ≈1410 MW, (b) ≈2770 MW, (c) ≈5460 MW
B. (a) ≈2770 MW, (b) ≈5460 MW, (c) ≈8540 MW
C. (a) ≈5460 MW, (b) ≈8540 MW, (c) ≈12,750 MW
D. (a) ≈8540 MW, (b) ≈12,750 MW, (c) ≈19,200 MW