Which of these does it makes sense to model with a continuous function as a function of time? Write either continious or not continuous next to each scenario. oxygen concentration in a patient's blood heart rate on the scale of seconds heart rate on the scale of days number of students in class each day amount of a specific protein in a cell number of bacteria in the kitchen drain number of stripes on a baby fish
Which of these does it makes sense to model with a continuous function as a function of time? Write either continious or not continuous next to each scenario.
oxygen concentration in a patient's blood
heart rate on the scale of seconds
heart rate on the scale of days
number of students in class each day
amount of a specific protein in a cell
number of bacteria in the kitchen drain
number of stripes on a baby fish
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oxygen concentration in a patient's blood: Continuous
heart rate on the scale of seconds: Continuous
heart rate on the scale of days: Not Continuous
number of students in class each day: Not Continuous
amount of a specific protein in a cell: Continuous
number of bacteria in the kitchen drain: Not Continuous
number of stripes on a baby fish: Not Continuous
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