A common model for population growth uses the logistic (or sigmoid) curve. Consider the logistic curve in

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A common model for population growth uses the logistic (or sigmoid) curve. Consider the logistic curve in the figure, where P(t) is the population at time t ≥ 0. 

a. At approximately what time is the rate of growth P' the greatest?

b. Is P' positive or negative for t ≥ 0?

c. Is P' an increasing or decreasing function of time (or neither)?

d. Sketch the graph of P'. You do not need a scale on the vertical axis.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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