document.write( "Question 1099218: The number of people in a community who hear a particular rumor is governed by the
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\n" ); document.write( "L 1 + Me−κt where R(t) represents the number of people who have heard the rumor t days after the
\n" ); document.write( "rumor initially was told by one person to another person. The constants L, M and κ
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\n" ); document.write( "versity campus are made • Initially one student tells another student the rumor, that is, only 2 students have heard the rumor. • The rumor spreads to 10 students after 1 day. • After a number of days of observations it is predicted that eventually, that is, after a very long time, 200 students on campus will have heard the rumor.
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Answered in problem 1099143.
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