Breast Cancer It has been observed that the following formula accurately models the relationship between the size of a breast tumor and the amount of time that it has been growing.
where
a. Find the tumor volume at 240 months.
b. Assuming that the shape of a tumor is spherical, find the radius of the tumor from part a. (Hint: The volume of a sphere is given by the formula
c. If a tumor of size 0.5
d. Find
e. Calculate the rate of change of tumor volume at 240 months and interpret.
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