Pulse (beats/min) Guinea pig 200 100 Goat Cattle Man Mass (kg) 100 200 300 400 500 FIGURE 18

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Section6.1: Ratios And Rates
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Biologists have observed that the pulse rate P (in beats per minute) in animals is related to body mass (in kilograms) by the approximate formula                  P = 200m−1/4. This is one of many allometric scaling laws prevalent in biology. Is P an increasing or decreasing function of m? Find an equation of the tangent line at the points on the graph in Figure 18 that represent goat (m = 33) and man (m = 68).

Pulse (beats/min)
Guinea pig
200
100 Goat
Cattle
Man
Mass (kg)
100
200
300
400
500
FIGURE 18
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