The population of a community is known to increase at a rate proportional to the number of people present at time t. The initial population P0 has doubled in 5 years.1) Suppose it is known that the population is 9000 after 3 years. What was the initial population P0?2) What will the population be in 10 years?3) How fast is the population growing at t =10?

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Answer:

1) [tex] P(t) = e^{kt +C}= P_o e^{kt}[/tex]

For this case we know that the population is doubled after 5 years so then we can assume that the initial population is Po and we have this:

[tex] 2P_o = P_o e^{5k}[/tex]

[tex] 2 = e^{5k}[/tex]

We can apply natural log on both sides and we got:

[tex] ln (2) = 5k[/tex]

[tex] k= \frac{ln(2)}{5}= 0.138629436[/tex]

We know also that the population after 3 years is 9000, so we can use this condition:

[tex] 9000 = P_o e^{3*0.138629436}[/tex]

And we can solve for Po and we got:

[tex] P_o = \frac{9000}{e^{3*0.138629436}} = 5937.786[/tex]

2) [tex] P(t) = 5937.786 e^{0.138629436 t}[/tex]

If we replace the value of t =10 we got:

[tex] P(10) = 5937.786 e^{0.138629436 *10}= 23751.144[/tex]

3)  [tex] \frac{dP}{dt} = kP[/tex]

Since we know the value of the population at t=10 , P= 23751.144 and k = 0.138629436 we can replace and we got:

[tex] \frac{dP}{dt} = kP =0.138629436 *23751.144 = 3292.607[/tex]

Explanation:

Part 1

For this case we know that we can use the proportional model given by:

[tex]\frac{dP}{dt}= kP[/tex]

We can rewrite the expression like this:

[tex]\frac{dP}{P}= kdt[/tex]

If we integrate both sides we got:

[tex] ln P = kt +C[/tex]

After apply exponentials in both sides we got:

[tex] P(t) = e^{kt +C}= P_o e^{kt}[/tex]

For this case we know that the population is doubled after 5 years so then we can assume that the initial population is Po and we have this:

[tex] 2P_o = P_o e^{5k}[/tex]

[tex] 2 = e^{5k}[/tex]

We can apply natural log on both sides and we got:

[tex] ln (2) = 5k[/tex]

[tex] k= \frac{ln(2)}{5}= 0.138629436[/tex]

We know also that the population after 3 years is 9000, so we can use this condition:

[tex] 9000 = P_o e^{3*0.138629436}[/tex]

And we can solve for Po and we got:

[tex] P_o = \frac{9000}{e^{3*0.138629436}} = 5937.786[/tex]

Part 2

For this case we have the following model:

[tex] P(t) = 5937.786 e^{0.138629436 t}[/tex]

If we replace the value of t =10 we got:

[tex] P(10) = 5937.786 e^{0.138629436 *10}= 23751.144[/tex]

Part 3

For this case we know that:

[tex] \frac{dP}{dt} = kP[/tex]

Since we know the value of the population at t=10 , P= 23751.144 and k = 0.138629436 we can replace and we got:

[tex] \frac{dP}{dt} = kP =0.138629436 *23751.144 = 3292.607[/tex]