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Applications of Differential Equations

Population Dynamics

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You should now have:

malthus/.t->260
778.059

verhulst/.t->260
319.257

Are these predictions reasonable? Which model do you think you may rely on more? Some experts predict that the US population will have reached 439 million by 2050, so we once again see the Malthusian model overestimating, and the Verhulst model coming in too low.

Well, while you're pondering these results, let's move on to have you try analyzing a whole new population by yourself...

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