The median weight of a boy whose age is between 0 and 36 months can be approximated by the function w (t )equals 8.38 plus 1.51
t minus 0.0069 t squared plus 0.000254 t cubed, where t is measured in months and w is measured in pounds. Use this approximation to find the following for a boy with median weight in parts a) through c) below. a) The rate of change of weight with respect to time.
The median weight of a boy with age between 0 and 36 months is given by:
To find the rate of change of weight with respect to time, that is, the change in weight measured in pounds caused by a unit change in time, measured in days, simply derivate the weight function over time:
The rate of change is 1.51 -0.0138t + 0.000762t² pounds/day.