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5-7P AID: 4446 | 8/6/2019

Given
x denote the proportion of susceptible
y denote the proportion of carriers
dy
  y
dt
dx
  xy
dt

a)
One has to determine the value of y at any time t subject to initial condition y (0)  y0
dy
  y
dt
y  Ce  t
For any arbitrary constant C.
Given initial condition as y (0)  y0 so C  y0
Hence, the population of carriers is given by y (t )  y0 e   t

b)
One has to determine the value of x at any time t subject to initial condition x(0)  x0
dx
  xy
dt
dx
  xy0 e   t
dt
This is linear and separable so one gets as:
dx
  y0 e   t dt
x
Further integrating both sides one gets as:
 y0   t
ln x  e C

 y 
x(t )  exp  0 e   t  C 
  
 y 
x(t )  K exp  0 e   t 
  
Using initial condition x(0)  x0 one gets as:
 y 
x0  K exp  0 
  
 y 
K  x0 exp   0 
  

 y 
Hence, the final solution is x(t )  x0 exp   0 1  e  t  
  

c)
Since  is positive as t tends to infinity, e   t becomes zero and the solution x(t) approaches
the constant as:
 y 
x0 exp  0 
  
 y 
Hence, one gets as lim x(t )  x0 exp   0  which is the proportion of the population
t 
  
that remains healthy after a long time has elapsed.