Question
(a)If the birth rate and death rate of the number of bacteria are proportional to the number of bacteria present, what is the population as a function of time. (b)What is the limiting situation for increasing time? Interpret it.
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1 of 4a) Let be the constant of proportionality for the birth rate, the constant of proportionality for the death rate, and the population at time .
According to the given data, we obtain the ODE
This is the mathematical model of the biological process.
Let's solve the ODE.
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