Practicing Success
Let the population of rabbits surviving at a time $t$ be governed by the differential equation $\frac{d}{d t}(p(t))=\frac{1}{2} p(t)-200$. If $p(0)=100$, then $p(t)$ equals |
$600-500 e^{t / 2}$ $400-300 e^{-t / 2}$ $400-300 e^{t / 2}$ $300-200 e^{-t / 2}$ |
$400-300 e^{t / 2}$ |
We have, $\frac{d}{d t}(p(t))=\frac{1}{2} p(t)-200$ $\Rightarrow \frac{d}{d t}(p(t))+\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right) p(t)=-200$ ....(i) This is a linear differential equation with integrating factor $=e^{\int-\frac{1}{2} d t}=e^{-\frac{t}{2}}$ Multiplying both sides of (i) by I.F. $=e^{-t / 2}$, we obtain $e^{-t / 2} \frac{d}{d t}(p(t))+\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right) p(t) e^{-t / 2}=-200 e^{-t / 2}$ Integrating both sides with respect to $t$, we get $p(t) e^{-t / 2}=400 e^{-t / 2}+C$ ......(ii) Putting $t=0$ and $p(0)=100$, we get $100=400+C \Rightarrow C=-300$ Putting $C=-300$, we get $p(t) e^{-t / 2}=400 e^{-t / 2}-300$ $\Rightarrow p(t)=400-300 e^{t / 2}$ |