In: Advanced Math
Part I On a certain university campus there is
an infestation of Norway rats. It is estimated that the number of
rats on campus will follow a logistic model of the form
P(t)=50001+Be−ktP(t)=50001+Be−kt.
A) It is estimated that there were 500 rats on
campus on January 1, 2010 and 750 on April 1, 2010. Using this
information, find an explicit formula for P(t)P(t) where tt is
years since January 1, 2010. (Assume April 1, 2010 is
t=.25t=.25.)
P(t)= P(t)= .
B) What was the rat population on October 1,
2010?
rats.
C) How fast was the rat population growing on
April 1, 2010?
rats per year.
D) According to our logistic model, when will the
rat population hit 2,500 rats?
years after January 1, 2010.
E) Rats live in communal nests and the more rats
there are, the closer they live together. Suppose the total volume
of the rats' nests is F=0.64P+4−−−−−−−−√−2F=0.64P+4−2 cubic meters
when there are PP rats on campus.
When there are 750 rats, what is the total volume of the rats'
nests and how fast is the mass of nests growing with respect to
time?
The total volume is cubic meters and the volume is
increasing at cubic meters per year.
F) One of the reasons that the rats' population
growth slows down is overcrowding. What is the population density
of the rats' nests when there are 750 rats and how fast is the
population density increasing at that time?
The population density is rats per cubic meter and the
population density is increasing at rats per cubic meter
per year.