To calculate: age of the elephant with a shoulder height of 250 centimetres.
Answer to Problem 13E
The age of the elephant with shoulder height 250 centimetres is 21.65
Explanation of Solution
Given information: Biologist have discovered that the shoulder height h (in centimetres) of an Asian male elephant can be modelled by
Substitute height h, 250 centimetres, in the provided equation,
Use the first property of inequalities to isolate the radical,
Divide by 62.5 on both sides,
Cube both sides,
Hence, the age of the elephant with shoulder height 250 centimetres is 21.65
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