Question

A hippo is full grown in 4.5 years. A baby hippo follows its mother around and eats one half of what she eats. However, the rate of digestion in the autocatalytic CSTR stomach, -rAM, is the same as the mother hippo as is the conversion. Assuming that in the growing stages the hippo stomach volume is proportional to its age. How old is teh baby hippo?

What is the conversion in the intestine (PFR) for the baby hippo discussed in question 1 assuming that Vmaz is one half that of the mother?  

Answer 1