Biology. The growth function g(x) describes the growth rate of organisms as a function of some nutrient concentration x. Suppose
where a and k are positive constants.
a. Find the horizontal asymptote of the graph of g(x). Use the asymptote to explain why a is called the saturation level of the nutrient.
b. Show that k is the half-saturation constant; that is, show that if
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