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Consider a rabbit population P(t) satisfying the logistic equation StartFraction dP Over dt EndFraction equals aP minus bP squared , where
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Consider a rabbit population P(t) satisfying the logistic equation StartFraction dP Over dt EndFraction equals aP minus bP squared , where Upper B equals aP is the time rate at which births occur and Upper D equals bP squared is the rate at which deaths occur. If the initial population is 220 rabbits and there are 9 births per month and 15 deaths per month occurring at time tequals0, how many months does it take for P(t) to reach 110% of the limiting population M?
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Solution:
Given :
where, B = aP = birth rate
D =
= death rate
Now initial population at t = 0, we have
Now equation (1) can be written as :
Now this equation is similar to the logistic differential equation which is ,
where M = limiting population / carrying capacity
This gives us M = a/b
Now we can find the value of a and b at t=0 and substitute for M
So,
=
= 132
Now from equation (2), we get the constants
k = b =
=
The population P(t) from logistic equation is calculated by :
As per question, P(t) = 110% of M
Now taking natural logs on both the sides we get
t = 36.216
Number of months = 36.216