The force of a hydraulic cylinder is .
The force is proportional to square of is
.
,
is a constant and
is the distance that the cylinder is extended by in its cycle.
The domain of is
.
(a) Find as a function of
.
The value of .
Substitute in
.
Substitute .
.
Substitute in
.
.
The force function .
(b) Find the average force exerted by the press over the interval .
Average value of the function on
is defined as
.
In this case and
.
The force function .
The average value is
N.
The average force is N.
(a). The force function .
(b). The average force is N.