A certain wild animal preserve can support no more then 250 lowland gorillas. 25 were known to be in the preserve in 1970. In 1980, the population reached 58. If the growth is logistic, find the constants C,A, and K.
y= C/1+Ae^-kt
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Anonymous2008-03-02 20:01
You're an idiot.
You have C/1+A=250
C/1+Ae^-kt1 = 25
C/1+Ae^-k(t1+10) = 58
3 equations, 3 unknown, solve them.
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Anonymous2008-03-03 0:35
.572
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Anonymous2008-03-06 23:57
What do the variables represent though?
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Anonymous2008-03-07 3:50
I imagine that t is time and y is number of gorillias. Why is there a C/1? Isn't that just C?
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Anonymous2008-03-07 7:11
C/1
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Anonymous2008-03-07 7:23
>>2
What do the constraints of the environment have to do with exponential growth... why does t = 0 at this point?
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Anonymous2008-03-07 7:34
disregard that, I suck cocks
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Anonymous2008-03-07 7:37
But wait, wtf, isn't that an equation for exponential growth?