Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH102/December 2015/Question 15
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Someone released a group of 10 rabbits on campus and they started reproducing at a rate proportional to the population size with constant of proportionality of 3 per year. After 5 years, the rabbits continued to reproduce in the same manner but a coyote moved in and began eating rabbits at a rate proportional to the population size with a constant of proportionality of 9 per year. The population of rabbits is given by the function
Give values for , , , and . Your answers can be in terms of exponentials and/or logarithms. |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Someone released a group of 10 rabbits on campus and they started reproducing at a rate proportional to the population size with constant of proportionality of 3 per year. After 5 years, the rabbits continued to reproduce in the same manner but a coyote moved in and began eating rabbits at a rate proportional to the population size with a constant of proportionality of 9 per year. The population of rabbits is given by the function
According to the question, at the initial time (), we have 10 rabbits, so that Until 5 years, the population increases at a rate proportional to the population size with constant of proportionality of 3 per year. This implies that for . By using these two equations, we can find and in the given formula on the interval ; .
On the other hand, since the rabbits are eaten by the coyote at a rate proportional to the population size with a constant of proportionality of 9 per year, the rate of change of the population of rabbits becomes
Now, as and are found, we can get and ; from the given formula on ,
To summarize, we obtain . |