A colony of bacteria if left undisturbed will grow at a rate
proportional to the number of bacteria, P present at time,t.
However,a toxic substance is being added slowly such that
at time t, the bacteria also die at the rate μPt where μ is
a positive constant.
(a) Show that at time t the rate of growth of the bacteria in
the colony is governed by the differential equation
(dP/dt)= (k−μt)p where k is apositive constant.
when t=0, (dP/dt)=2P and when t=1, (dP/dt)=((19)/(10))P
(b) show that
(dP/dt)= (1/(10))(20−t)P.
Sir Forkum Michael.
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