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Exercise 28

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The growth of a population of rabbits with unlimited resources and space can be modeled by the exponential growth equation, dP/dt=kPdP/dt = kP.

  1. Write a differential equation to model a population of rabbits with unlimited resources, where hunting is allowed at a constant rate α\alpha.

  2. Write a differential equation to model a population of rabbits with unlimited resources, where hunting is allowed at a rate proportional to the population of rabbits.

  3. Write a differential equation to model a population of rabbits with limited resources, where hunting is allowed at a constant rate α\alpha.

  4. Write a differential equation to model a population of rabbits with limited resources, where hunting is allowed at a rate proportional to the population of rabbits.

Judson, The ODE Project, §1.1 Modeling with Differential Equations, Exercise 28

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