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1. A population of protozoa develops with a constant relative growth rate of 0.7 per member per day. Initially, the population consist of two members. Find the population size after six days.
$$
N : \text{ population of protozoa}\\
Stock : 0,7N \text{per day}\\
Flow : 0
N(0)= 2, N(6)= ?\\
\frac{dN}{dt}=|Stock-Flow|=0,7N
e^{\ln|N|}= e^{0,7N+C} \\
N=Ce^{0,7t}
$$
2. Consider an insect population whose size P is measured as biomass (mass of the population members) in kilograms. The population is increasing by 30% per year. However, the population is also controlled by a natural predator population that destroys 6 kg of insects per year.
$$
P: \text{ biomass in kg}\\
Stock: 0,3P \text{ per year}\\
Flow: 6kg \text{ per year}\\
$$
(a) Find the model describing the population size P at any given time t;
$$
\frac{dP}{dt}= 0,3P-6 \text{ | Non homogeneous ODE} \
\ln|P|=0,3t+C,\Rightarrow P=Ce^{0,3t}\
\frac{dP}{dt}=P'=0,3P-6\
\varphi'(t)e^{0,3t}+0,3\varphi(t)e^{0,3t}
=0,3\varphi(t)e^{0,3t}-6\
\varphi'(t) = -6e^{-0,3t}\
\varphi(t)=20e^{-0,3t}+C \
P=(20e^{-0,3t}+C)e^{0,3t}=20+Ce^{0,3t}
$$
(b) Find the population size 4 years after if the initial biomass is 15 kg.
$$
P(4)=?, P(0)=15kg\
P(0)=20+Ce^{0,30} = 15, C=-5\
P(0)=20+(-5)e^{0,34} \approx 3,46
$$