SOLUTION: The number of people in a city of 200,000 who have heard a weather bulletin within t hours of its first broadcast is N(t) = 200,000 (1-e^(-0.5t)).
Find N(0.5) and N’(0.5) and inte
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Question 1125308: The number of people in a city of 200,000 who have heard a weather bulletin within t hours of its first broadcast is N(t) = 200,000 (1-e^(-0.5t)).
Find N(0.5) and N’(0.5) and interpret your answers.
Find N(3) and N’(3) and interpret your answers.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
\ =\ a\(1\ -\ e^{-0.5t} \))
The rest is just arithmetic. Whichever derivative evaluates to the larger number is the point in time where the word is spreading faster.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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