Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH101/April 2007/Question 06 (b)
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Question 06 (b) |
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Full-Solution Problems. Justify your answers and show all your work. Simplification of answers is not required. The population of fish in a lake is m million, where varies with time t measured in years. The number of fish is currently 2 million. Suppose instead that (because of fishing by humans) m satisfies
Will the fish population ever equal 3 million? You must give justification for your answer. |
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Find the steady states of this differential equation. Are steady states actually reached in finite time? |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We want to find the steady states of this differential equations. To do so, set , i.e. Simplifying yields and once more Factoring yields and so the steady states are given by and . It is quickly checked, e.g. by plugging in , , and , that At time we have . Hence, despite the fishing, the population of fish will grow initially. But the growth will slow down as the population size approaches the steady state value . A steady state can never be reached in finite time, hence the answer is No, the fish population will never equal 3 million.
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