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6.3 Logistic Growth Assignment

The document is a worksheet on logistic growth in calculus, containing problems related to population dynamics modeled by logistic differential equations. It includes various scenarios with different initial populations, requiring students to analyze limits, ranges, increasing/decreasing behavior, concavity, and sketch graphs. Additionally, it features multiple-choice questions and slope field analysis related to logistic growth models.

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6.3 Logistic Growth Assignment

The document is a worksheet on logistic growth in calculus, containing problems related to population dynamics modeled by logistic differential equations. It includes various scenarios with different initial populations, requiring students to analyze limits, ranges, increasing/decreasing behavior, concavity, and sketch graphs. Additionally, it features multiple-choice questions and slope field analysis related to logistic growth models.

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CALCULUS BC

WORKSHEET ON LOGISTIC GROWTH

Work the following on notebook paper. Do not use your calculator.


1. Suppose the population of bears in a national park grows according to the logistic differential
dP
equation  5P  0.002 P 2 , where P is the number of bears at time t in years.
dt
(a) Given P  0   100.
(i) Find lim P  t  .
t 
(ii) What is the range of the solution curve?
(iii) For what values of P is the solution curve increasing? Decreasing? Justify your answer.
d 2P
(iv) Find and use it to find the values of P for which the solution curve is concave up and
dt 2
concave down. Justify your answer.
(v) Does the solution curve have an inflection point? Justify your answer.
(vi) Use the information you found to sketch the graph of P  t  .

(b) Given P  0   1500.


(i) Find lim P  t  .
t 
(ii) What is the range of the solution curve?
(iii) For what values of P is the solution curve increasing? Decreasing? Justify your answer.
(iv) For what values of P is the solution curve concave up? Concave down? Justify your answer.
(v) Does the solution curve have an inflection point? Justify your answer.
(vi) Use the information you found to sketch the graph of P  t  .

(c) Given P  0   3000.


(i) Find lim P  t  .
t 
(ii) What is the range of the solution curve?
(iii) For what values of P is the solution curve increasing? Decreasing? Justify your answer.
(iv) For what values of P is the solution curve concave up? Concave down? Justify your answer.
(v) Does the solution curve have an inflection point? Justify your answer.
(vi) Use the information you found to sketch the graph of P  t  .

(d) How many bears are in the park when the population of bears is growing the fastest?

2. Suppose a rumor is spreading through a dance at a rate modeled by the logistic differential
dP  P 
equation  P3  . What is lim P  t  ? What does this number represent in
dt  2000  t 
the context of this problem?

TURN->>>
3. (From the 1998 BC Multiple Choice)
The population P  t  of a species satisfies the logistic differential equation
dP  P 
 P2  ,
dt  5000 
where the initial population is P  0   3000 and t is the time in years. What
is lim P  t  ?
t 
(A) 2500 (B) 3000 (C) 4200 (D) 5000 (E) 10,000

4. Suppose a population of wolves grows according to the logistic differential


dP
equation  3P  0.01P 2 , where P is the number of wolves at time t in
dt
years. Which of the following statements are true?
I. lim P  t   300
t 
II. The growth rate of the wolf population is greatest at P = 150.
III. If P > 300, the population of wolves is increasing.
(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III

5. Suppose that a population develops according to the logistic equation


dP
 0.05P  0.0005P 2
dt
where t is measured in weeks.
(a) What is the carrying capacity?
(b) A slope field for this equation is shown at the right.
Where are the slopes close to 0?
Where are they largest?
Which solutions are increasing?
Which solutions are decreasing?
(c) Use the slope field to sketch solutions for initial
populations of 20, 60, and 120.
What do these solutions have in common?
How do they differ?
Which solutions have inflection points?
At what population level do they occur?

6. (a) On the slope field shown on the right


dP
for  3P  3P 2 , sketch three
dt
solution curves showing different types
of behavior for the population P.
(b) Describe the meaning of the shape of
the solution curves for the population.
Where is P increasing?
Decreasing?
What happens in the long run?
Are there any inflection points?
Where?
What do they mean for the population?

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