Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 9 - Section 9.1 - Modeling with Differential Equations - 9.1 Exercises - Page 591: 16

Answer

(a) $\frac{dL}{dt} = k(L_{\infty}-L)$ (b) Please see the graph below.

Work Step by Step

(a) Differential equation: $\frac{dL}{dt} = k(L_{\infty}-L)$ $\frac{dL}{dt}$ is the rate of growth $k$ is the relative rate of growth, which is a positive constant $L$ is the fish's length $L_\infty$ is the asymptotic length (b) Please see the graph below.
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