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<span class="exam">Suppose the size of a population at time &nbsp;<math style="vertical-align: 0px">t</math>&nbsp; is given by
  
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<span class="exam">(a) Determine the size of the population as &nbsp;<math style="vertical-align: -1px">t\rightarrow \infty.</math>&nbsp; We call this the limiting population size.
  
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<span class="exam">(b) Show that at time &nbsp;<math style="vertical-align: -4px">t=5,</math>&nbsp; the size of the population is half its limiting size.
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 6 November 2017

Suppose the size of a population at time    is given by

(a) Determine the size of the population as    We call this the limiting population size.

(b) Show that at time    the size of the population is half its limiting size.


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