Question: In general (without substituting numerical values for s and r), can both equilibria be stable? What happens if r = s? Recall the updating function

In general (without substituting numerical values for s and r), can both equilibria be stable? What happens if r = s?
Recall the updating function with the fraction p of mutant bacteria given by
In general (without substituting numerical values for s and r),

where s is the per capita production of the mutant and r is the per capita production of the wild type. Find the derivative in the following cases, and evaluate at the equilibria p = 0 and p = 1. Are the equilibria stable?

f(p) = sp + r(1-p)

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