Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.4 - Models for Population Growth - 9.4 Exercises - Page 617: 3

Answer

a) Carrying capacity is 100 b) Slopes are close to 0 at 100 and 0, and are largest at around 150. Solutions are increasing in interval $0

Work Step by Step

a) $\displaystyle \frac{dP}{dt}=0.05P-0.0005P^2$ Factor to get the logistic differential equation: $\displaystyle \frac{dP}{dt}=0.05P(1-\frac{P}{100})$ $M=100$, and so carrying capacity is 100. b) Slopes are close to 0 at 100 and 0, and are largest at around 150. Solutions are increasing in interval $0

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