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Cost-Benefit of Emission Control A manufacturer plans to decrease the amount of sulphur dioxide escaping from its smokestacks. The estimated cost-benefit function is
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- Cortisone Concentration A mathematical model for the concentration of administered cortisone in humans over a 24 hour period uses the function C=DaV(ab)(ebteat) Where C is the concentration, D is the dose given at time t=0, V is the volume of distribution volume divided by bioavailability, a is the absorption rate, b is the elimination rate, and t is the time in hours. Source: Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Bio pharmaceutics. a. What is the value of C at t=0? Explain why this makes sense. b. What happens to the concentration as a large amount of time passes? Explain why this makes sense. c. The researchers used the values D=500micrograms,a=8.5,b=0.09 andV=3700liters. Use these values and a graphing calculator to estimate when the concentration is greatest.arrow_forwardNuclear Energy Nuclear energy derived from radioactive isotopes can be used to supply power to supply power to space vehicles. The output of the radioactive power supply for a certain satellite is given by the function y=40e0.004t, where y is in watts and t time in days. How much power will be available at the end of 180 days? How much will take for the amount of power to be half of its original strength? Will the power ever be completely gone? Explain.arrow_forwardGrazing Kangaroos The amount of vegetation eaten in a day by a grazing animal V of food available measured as biomass, in units such as pounds per acre. This relationship is called the functional response. If there is little vegetation available, the daily intake will be small, since the animal will have difficulty finding and eating the food. As the amount of food biomass increases, so does the daily intake. Clearly, though, there is a limit to the amount the animal will eat, regardless of the amount of food available. This maximum amount eaten is the satiation level. a.For the western grey kangaroo of Australia, the functional response is G=2.54.8e0.004V, where G=G(V) is the daily intake measured in pounds and V is the vegetation biomass measured in pounds per acre. i. Draw a graph of G against V. Include vegetation biomass levels up to 2000 pounds per acre. ii. Is the graph you found in part i concave up or concave down? Explain in practical terms what your answer means about how this kangaroo feeds. iii. There is a minimal vegetation biomass level below which the western grey kangaroo will eat nothing. Another way of expressing this is to say that the animal cannot reduce the food biomass below this level. Find this minimal level. iv. Find the satiation level for the western grey kangaroo. b. For the red kangaroo of Australia, the functional response is R=1.91.9e0.033V, Where R is the daily intake measured in pounds and V is the vegetation biomass measured in pounds per acre. i. Add the graph of R against V to the graph of G you drew in part a. ii. A simple measure of the grazing efficiency of an animal involves the minimal vegetation biomass level described above: The lower the minimal level for an animal, the more efficient it is at grazing. Which is more efficient at grazing, the western grey kangaroo or the red kangaroo?arrow_forward
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