Power Function Applications

Allometric Scaling

Problem 4 - Describe the graph of the function that describes allometric scaling of insect body mass and resting metabolic rate.

Which of the following statements about the allometric scaling equation is false?

Recall that

RMR = 4.14 · M^0.66

A.	RMR = 4.14 · M^33/50
B.	The graph of RMR is concave up.
C.	RMR is a nonlinear function.
D.	RMR is not defined for negative values of M (if M could be negative).
E.	RMR is an increasing function.

End of problems.