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Question: 1. (First order ordinary differential equation) The rate

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a)
at t= 0, N = 1000

b)

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This formula can be used to iterate from t = 0 to 10 seconds.

c)

Matlab Code:

clear;clc;
t = 0:0.2:10;

ya = 1000*exp(-0.1.*t);

yb = zeros(51,1);
yb(1) = 1000;

for i = 1:50
yb(i+1) = (yb(i))/1.02;
end

[t,yc] = ode45(@deriv,t,1000);

plot(t,ya,'o');
hold on;
plot(t,yb,'.');
hold on;
plot(t,yc,'-');
hold on;
legend('a','b','c');

function dndt = deriv(t,N)

dndt = - 0.1*N;
  
end

d)

for N to become 500

it takes 6.9 seconds.

It can be clearly seen from the graph

Since all three method closely follow each other, they end up with same result.

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