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Cancer Insulation workers who were exposed to asbestos and
Chapter 4, Problem 59A(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 59A
Cancer Insulation workers who were exposed to asbestos and employed before 1960 experienced an increased likelihood of lung cancer. If a group of insulation workers has a cumulative total of 100,000 years of work experience with their first date of employment t years ago, then the number of lung cancer cases occurring within the group can be modeled using the function
N(t) = 0.00437t3.2.
Find the rate of growth of the number of workers with lung cancer in a group as described by the following first dates of employment. Source: Observation and Inference: An Introduction to the Methods of Epidemiology.
a. 5 years ago
b. 10 years ago
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Problem 59A
Cancer Insulation workers who were exposed to asbestos and employed before 1960 experienced an increased likelihood of lung cancer. If a group of insulation workers has a cumulative total of 100,000 years of work experience with their first date of employment t years ago, then the number of lung cancer cases occurring within the group can be modeled using the function
N(t) = 0.00437t3.2.
Find the rate of growth of the number of workers with lung cancer in a group as described by the following first dates of employment. Source: Observation and Inference: An Introduction to the Methods of Epidemiology.
a. 5 years ago
b. 10 years ago
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In this question, If a group of insulation workers has a cumulative total of 100,000 years of work experience with their first date of employment years ago, then the number of lung cancer cases occurring within the group can be modeled using the function . Find the rate of growth of the number of workers with lung cancer in a group as described by the following first dates of (a) 5 years ago (b) 10 years ago