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42.0 can be written as an integer 42 which is already the simplest form. Did you mean some other fraction?

The total value of the almonds sold should be:

(2.4 mil)(5.50 ea) + (4.8 mil)(4.50 ea) = 34.8 million dollars.

If we want a function of lbs of almonds sold as a function of price, we want the ratio (lbs sold)/(total price), so we want

(2.4 + 4.8 mil)/[(2.4 mil)(5.50 ea) + (4.8 mil)(4.50 ea)] = 0.2183908 lbs/$.

John, this is a precalculus question. There's no discussion or even awareness of integration nor of definite integral s at that level.

First it's not clear that there is a straight linear relationship between the time the computer takes to add extra digits of accuracy, but assuming that is the case, it would then be 2 seconds per 4 decimal places, and thus 6 seconds for 12 decimal places (3 x 4 = 12 decimal places, and 2 x 3 seconds). I'm not sure what the reference is to the years, hours and minutes. SIMP likely refers to Simpsons rule which may take slightly longer to compute, the computational speed for Left and Mid (midpoint) should be identical as they are about the same level of work to code either one.

Is the greater than symbol supposed to mean "implies" such as E implies M?

also the A . (r V s),

 what is the dot after the A? Is that supposed to be a union? Like A and () ?