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a biologist is studying the growth of a particular species of algae. she writes the following equation to show the radius of the algae, f(d), in mm, after d days: f(d)=9(1.04)^d part A: when the biologist concluded her study, the readies of the algae was approximately 12.81 mm. what is a reasonable domain to plot the growth function? part B: when does the y-int of the graph of the function f(d) represent? part C: what is the average rate of change of the function f(d) from d=3 to d=9, and what does it represent?

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A) Substituting with f(d) = 12.81 and solving for d, we get:


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