Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH102/December 2015/Question 18 (c)
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Question 18 (c) |
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A dangerous infectious disease spreads through Vancouver as described by the differential equation
where is the transmission rate constant, is the total population size (constant), is the recovery rate and is the number of infected individuals. Assume that . (c) Sketch the phase line for the differential equation. |
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For given differential equation , if on the interval , then is increasing on the interval, while if on the interval , then is decreasing on it. |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. First, draw the graph of the function . (In the figure below, the red line is the graph of ) Note that in the part (a), we find two steady state solutions and . (i.e., )
By the hint, this means that on and , is decreasing, so that we have the left arrows in these intervals on the phase line. On the other hand, on , is increasing and hence we get the right arrow.
To summarize, we obtain the following phase line: |