The differential equation is , where
is a constant and
is the carrying capacity.
(a) Solve the differential equation.
\Apply integral on each side.
\Let .
Apply derivative on each side with respect to .
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Substitute and
in the integral.
Substitute .
The solution of differential equation is .
(b) Find .
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As tends to
,
approaches to
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(c) Graph the function when
and
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Substitute ,
and
in
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Substitute ,
and
in
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From example (2) the logistic differential equation is .
Graph the functions and
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Observe the graph:
\The two functions have the same initial populations and same equilibrium positions.
\The two functions have different points of inflection.
\(d)
\The logistic differential equation : .
Implicitly differentiate with respect to .
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The population will be growing fastest when reaches to maximum.
Find the maximum value equate to zero.
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(a) The solution of differential equation is .
(b) .
(c) Graph of the functions and
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The two functions have the same initial populations and same equilibrium positions.
\The two functions have different points of inflection.
\(d) .