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To sketch: The graph of the function by plotting the height h on the vertical axis and the age in decades on the horizontal axis.
Answer to Problem 38E
The graph of the function by plotting the height h on the vertical axis and the age in decades on the horizontal axis as given below,
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The height of the tree
Calculation:
The height of the tree
Where a represents age of the tree in years for
Now, for
For
For
For
For
For
We can draw the graph of the function
Let
Then we have
Hence, height of the tree
For
For
For
For
For
The graph of the function by plotting the height h on the vertical axis and the age in decades on the horizontal axis as given below,
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