Question
The logistic growth function f(t)= 100,000/5000e^-t describes the number of people, f(t), who have become ill with influenza t weeks after its initial outbreak in a particular community.
A) How many people became ill with the flu after the epidemic began?
B) What is the limiting size of the population that becomes ill?
A) How many people became ill with the flu after the epidemic began?
B) What is the limiting size of the population that becomes ill?
Answers
Steve
I think there's a typo. As written it is just
20 e^-t
Anyway, since I have no idea when the plague began, I have no value for t.
As for B, the typo does not allow for a limiting population.
20 e^-t
Anyway, since I have no idea when the plague began, I have no value for t.
As for B, the typo does not allow for a limiting population.