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A college student works for 8 hours without a break, assembling mechanical components. The cumulative number of components she has assembled after h hours can be modeled as

q(h) = 
68
1 + 11.77e−0.654h
 components.

(Note: Use technology to complete the question.)

(a) When was the number of components assembled by the student increasing most rapidly? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
___ hours

(b) How many components were assembled at that time? (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
___ components

What was the rate of change of assembly at that time? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
___ components per hour
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