SURVIVAL OF AQUATIC LIFE It is known that a quantity of water that occupies 1 liter at 0°C...

SURVIVAL OF AQUATIC LIFE It is known that a quantity of water that occupies 1 liter at 0°C will occupy

liters when the temperature is T°C, for 0 ≤ T ≤ 30.

a. Use a graphing utility to graph V(T) for 0 ≤ T ≤ 10. The density of water is maximized when V(T) is minimized. At what temperature does this occur?

b. Does the answer to part (a) surprise you? It should. Water is the only common liquid whose maximum density occurs above its freezing point (0°C for water). Read an article on the survival of aquatic life during the winter and then write a paragraph on how the property of water examined in this exercise is related to such survival.