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2. You are a childcare doctor working for the Montefiore Hospital on the corner of 233rd Street and Bronx
Blvd. One of your patients has a condition that affects the population of the red blood cells in their body.
You conducted tests on your patients, noticed a small issue, and informed your patient that you are
concerned about the red blood cell population threatened by the condition, a cell-eating disease. To
study and cure this disease, you collected the following population data over the last year.

a. After looking at the data in the graph and the table, what was the initial population of the red blood
cells? Explain how you know.

b. According to the graph and the table, what is the difference in the average rate of change from months
0-3 and months 4-6? Provide an explanation for your response.
The average Roc from 0-3 months is

c. What is the domain and range of the graph and table representing the scenario above?

d. Is this function discrete or continuous? Explain how you know by stating the type of number that would
best fit this scenario. The function