Asked by Sinha

A colony of ants is growing so that the total number of ants present, A, after a
number of weeks, t, is shown in the table.
t 5 10 15 20 25 30
A 140 200 280 400 570 800
The food supply available is such that it can feed A ants at any given time, t (weeks),according to the table below.
t 5 10 15 20 25 30
A 440 480 520 560 600 640
At what point in time are the ant population and food supply balanced?
Fully justify your response.

Answers

Answered by Bosnian
Interpolation polynomial for first set :

( x ^ 5 - 100 x ^ 4 + 4375 x ^ 3 - 65000 x ^ 2 + 827500 x + 2250000 ) / 37500


Interpolation polynomial for second set :

8 x + 400


( x ^ 5 - 100 x ^ 4 + 4375 x ^ 3 - 65000 x ^ 2 + 827500 x + 2250000 ) / 37500 = 8 x + 400


Real solution :

x = 25.91833



Answered by Sinha
Can you please explain how you solved this equation? Im confused.

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