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Molars The crown length (as shown below) of first molars in fetuses is related to the postconception age of tooth as
Where
a. Find the average rate of growth in crown length during weeks
b. Find the instantaneous rate of growth in crown length when the tooth is exactly
c. Graph the function on
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