Risk of Down Syndrome The rate at which the risk of Down syndrome is changing is approximated by the function r ( x ) =
Risk of Down Syndrome
The rate at which the risk of Down syndrome is changing is approximated by the function
rxxx x
where rx is measured in percentage of all births per year and x is the maternal age at delivery.
a
Find a function f giving the risk as a percentage of all births when the maternal age at delivery is x years, given that the risk of Down syndrome at age is of all births.
fx
b
Based on this model, what is the risk of Down syndrome when the maternal age at delivery is years? years? Round your answers to two decimal places.