Stewart – Calculus ET 8e Chapter 9 Form E
10. Let c be a positive number. A differential equation of the form
where k is a positive constant is called a doomsday equation because the exponent in the
expression is larger than the exponent 1 for natural growth. An especially prolific breed of
rabbits has the growth term . If such rabbits breed initially and the warren has rabbits
after months, then when is doomsday?
____ 11. The population of the world was about 5.3 billion in 1990. Birth rates in the 1990s range from 35
to 40 million per year and death rates range from 15 to 20 million per year. Let’s assume that the
carrying capacity for world population is 100 billion. Use the logistic model to predict the world
population in the 2,450 year. Calculate your answer in billions to one decimal place. (Because the
initial population is small compared to the carrying capacity, you can take k to be an estimate of
the initial relative growth rate.) Select the correct answer.
a. 78.3 billion
b. 27.0 billion
c. 17.1 billion
d. 59.2 billion
e. 32.9 billion
12. Consider a population with constant relative birth and death rates and , respectively,
and a constant emigration rate m, where , and . Then the rate of change of
the population at time t is modeled by the differential equation
where
.
Find the solution of this equation with the rate of change of the population at time that
satisfies the initial condition .
13. Solve the initial-value problem.