Logistic growth of a fish population
A fish farmer releases 200 fish into a pond that originally contained no fish. The fish population, , grows according to the logistic model, , where is the time in years after the release of the 200 fish.
The above logistic differential equation can be expressed as
Find the values of and .
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One form of the solution for is , where is a real constant.
Find the value of .
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The farmer releases a batch of fish into a second pond, pond 2, which originally contained no fish. The population, , of fish in pond 2 can be modelled by , where is the time in years after the fish are released.
Find the value of .
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Find the value of when .
Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.
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Given that , express in terms of .
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