Textbook Problem

Development costs A land developer is planning to dig a small lake and build a group of homes around it. To estimate the cost of the project, the area of the lake must be calculated from the proposed measurements (in feet) given in Figure 13.35 and in the data in the table. Use Simpson's Rule to approximate the area of the lake.

x	Width w(x)
0	0
100	300
200	200
300	400
400	0