The following question consider the Gompertz equation, a modification for logistic growth, which is often used for modeling cancer growth, specificall

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2021-05-07

The following question consider the Gompertz equation, a modification for logistic growth, which is often used for modeling cancer growth, specifically the number of tumor cells. [T] The Gompertz equation has been used to model tumor growth in the human body. Starting from one tumor cell on day 1 and assuming α=0.1α=0.1 and a carrying capacity of 10 million cells, how long does it take to reach “detection” stage at 5 million cells?

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irwchh

Skilled2021-05-08Added 102 answers

Octave code
syms P0 k t a;P=k(P0k)eat;vpa(solve(s(P,[P0ka],[11070.1])==5106,t))
The result is
31.464555148849334319210049495334

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