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Chapter 3 Problem 3.537

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Brain weight as a function of body weight in fish has been modeled by the power function , where B and W are measured in grams. A model for body weight as a function of body length (measured in centimeters) is . If, over 10 million years, the average length of a certain species of fish evolved from 15 cm to 20 cm at a constant rate, how fast was this species brain growing when the average length was 18 cm?

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Title Calculus: Early Transcendentals 6 
Author James Stewart
ISBN 9780495011668

Brain weight as a function of body weight in fish has been

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