009B Sample Midterm 1, Problem 3 Detailed Solution

A population grows at a rate

$P'(t)=500e^{-t}$

where  $P(t)$  is the population after  $t$  months.

(a)   Find a formula for the population size after  $t$  months, given that the population is  $2000$  at  $t=0.$

(b)   Use your answer to part (a) to find the size of the population after one month.

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Background Information:
Recall:
$P(t)=\int P'(t)~dt$

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:
To find  $P(t)$  we need to integrate  $P'(t)$.
We get
${\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {P(t)}&=&\displaystyle {\int P'(t)~dt}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\int 500e^{-t}~dt.}\end{array}}$
Now, we use  $u$-substitution.
Let  $u=-t.$  Then,  $du=-dt.$
So, we have
${\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {P(t)}&=&\displaystyle {\int -500e^{u}~du}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {-500e^{u}+C}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {-500e^{-t}+C.}\end{array}}$

Step 2:
Now, we need to use integration by parts again.
Let  $u=2x$  and  $dv=e^{x}dx.$
Then,  $du=2dx$  and  $v=e^{x}.$
Building on the previous step, we have
${\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {\int x^{2}e^{x}~dx}&=&\displaystyle {x^{2}e^{x}-{\bigg (}2xe^{x}-\int 2e^{x}~dx{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {x^{2}e^{x}-2xe^{x}+2e^{x}+C.}\end{array}}$

(b)

Step 1:
We proceed using integration by parts.
Let  $u=\ln x$  and  $dv=x^{3}dx.$
Then,  $du={\frac {1}{x}}dx$  and  $v={\frac {x^{4}}{4}}.$
Therefore, we have
${\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {\int _{1}^{e}x^{3}\ln x~dx}&=&\displaystyle {\left.\ln x{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{4}}{4}}{\bigg )}\right|_{1}^{e}-\int _{1}^{e}{\frac {x^{3}}{4}}~dx}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\left.\ln x{\bigg (}{\frac {x^{4}}{4}}{\bigg )}-{\frac {x^{4}}{16}}\right|_{1}^{e}.}\end{array}}$

Step 2:
Now, we evaluate to get
${\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {\int _{1}^{e}x^{3}\ln x~dx}&=&\displaystyle {{\bigg (}(\ln e){\frac {e^{4}}{4}}-{\frac {e^{4}}{16}}{\bigg )}-{\bigg (}(\ln 1){\frac {1^{4}}{4}}-{\frac {1^{4}}{16}}{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {e^{4}}{4}}-{\frac {e^{4}}{16}}+{\frac {1}{16}}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {3e^{4}+1}{16}}.}\end{array}}$

Final Answer:
(a)     $x^{2}e^{x}-2xe^{x}+2e^{x}+C$
(b)     ${\frac {3e^{4}+1}{16}}$

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