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Bighorn Sheep The cumulative horn volume for certain types

Chapter 4, Problem 61A

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Bighorn Sheep The cumulative horn volume for certain types of bighorn rams, found in the Rocky Mountains, can be described by the quadratic functionV(t) = –2159 + 1313t ?60.82t2,where V(t) is the horn volume (in cm3) and t is the year of growth, 2 ?t ?9. Source: Conservation Biology.a. Find the horn volume for a 3-year-old ram.________________b. Find the rate at which the horn volume of a 3-year-old ram is changing.

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Bighorn Sheep The cumulative horn volume for certain types of bighorn rams, found in the Rocky Mountains, can be described by the quadratic functionV(t) = –2159 + 1313t ?60.82t2,where V(t) is the horn volume (in cm3) and t is the year of growth, 2 ?t ?9. Source: Conservation Biology.a. Find the horn volume for a 3-year-old ram.________________b. Find the rate at which the horn volume of a 3-year-old ram is changing.

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SOLUTION:Step 1 of 3:In this question, it is given that the cumulative horn volume for certain types of bighorn rams, found in the Rocky Mountains, can be described by the quadratic function where is the horn volume (in cm3) and is the year of growth. (a) Find the horn volume for a 3-year-old ram. (b) Find the rate at which the horn volume of a 3-year-old ram is changing.

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