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1. The rote ot which o populotion increoses is proPortionol fo the number of people in the
populotion, In 1900, the populotion wos 53,000.
#=kP.
(o) Write on equotion for the populotion in terms of k ond t.
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Fr
Fr
Pt 5)'ooo g
(b) If k.-.. -
the populotion in 1940 wos 154,000, find
lSq,ooo = !\,ooQ .o'on ,y'
t"(# )' xou
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t}$ 'e'4on
c1, o00 vr.oel'.. yenr
(c) If
growth corit-;huea like this, whot would the populotion be in the ?O7O7 Round to
the neorest person. A. I t o kzlrO

re;ary
?: 55,ooo e
l'
2. Let y represent the femperoture (in F") of on object in o room ti,hose temperoture is
kept ot o constont 60', Newton's Low of Cooling saYs thot the rote of chonge in y is
proportionol to the differen ce belweeny ond 60. This con be written os 4=
dt
k(v-60)
n,hen 80 S ), < 100.

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(b) Find C in fhe equotion, given thct the food is 100'when it comes out of the oven.

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(c) rf the oaffiotsfrom 100. to 90. in 10 minutes, how, MUCH LoNoER will it toke for
80'?
its temperatur e to
t*
decrease to $O
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Let P0) represent the number of wolves in a population at time t years, with t > 0 , The
population P(/)is increasing at a rate directly proportional to 800-P(/), whereffie constant of
proportionalityisk Y I zV(80o'YJ
(a) If P(0) = 500 , find P(t) in terms of t and k
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(b)ff P(2) = 700, find k. P .4oo e'
1oo a - gooe'2s tSoo
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(c) Find limP(r.
lz'lo0Q t600

rn t'lu)-- lrooe"#r t600 ,(m-)

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Let v(r) be the velocity, in feet per second, of a skydiver at ume f seconds, t > 0 . After her
parachute opens, her velocity satisfies the differential equation with the initial
fi=-2"-lz,
conditionv(o)=-5s. (g'-\dt
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(a) Use separation of variables to find an expression for v in terms of f, where t is mqasured in
ieionor nt.tv,gal , tr c
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arest foot per second. ' t''.tF---- '/*
it,n'riiil''^-i|-;g'e''o .'tb$lstr, y'.4bt"342 -
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