document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1107574>Question 1107574</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Public health records indicate that 't' weeks after the outbreak of a certain form of influenza, the number of people who had caught the disease was given by\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Q&#8201;(t) &#8201;=&#8201; 19/(4 + 20e^(&#8722;1.5t)) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where Q&#8201;(t) is given in thousands of people. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the trend continues, approximately how many people will eventually contract the disease? Round your answer to the nearest person. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "As in any logistic function, as time continues to pass (as t goes to infinity), the exponential with a negative exponent goes to zero.  So the limit as time goes to infinity of this logistic function is 19/4.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the formula gives the number of thousands, the number of people who caught the disease is 19000/4 = 4750. </SPAN>\n" );
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