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a.
The number of tumor cells present at diagnosis.
b.
To graph:
The graph of the function both before and after chemotherapy if patients receives the chemotherapy after the tumor has grown for
Solution:
The graph of the function both and before chemotherapy is:
Explanation:
Given information:
A very aggressive tumor is growing according to the function
Calculation:
The number of tumor cells at
After chemotherapy
So the
Hence the remaining tumor cells are
Here use
So take time
The tumor is continues grow for first
After chemotherapy, the cells are
Thus,
Hence after chemotherapy the graph look like as below:
c.
The discontinuous point in graph of part (b).
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