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Differential Equations PDF
Differential Equations PDF
We can show that this is the only type of solution of this differential equation:
Example 1: A bacteria culture starts with 1000 bacteria, and after 2 hours the
population is 2500 bacteria. Assuming that the culture grows at a rate
proportional to its size, find the population after 6 hours.
Example 2: The half-life of radium-226 is 1590 years. This means that the rate of
decay is proportional to the amount present, and half of any given quantity will
disintegrate in 1590 years.
(a) Find the formula for the mass of a 100 mg sample of radium-226 that remains
after t years.