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.