An island has a carrying capacity of 1 million rabbits. (That is, no more than 1 million

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An island has a carrying capacity of 1 million rabbits. (That is, no more than 1 million rabbits can be supported by the island.) The rabbit population is two at time t = 1 day and grows at a rate of r(t) thousand rabbits/ day until the carrying capacity is reached. For each of the following formulas for r(t), is the carrying capacity ever reached? Explain your answer.

(a) r(t) = 1∕t2

(b) r(t) = t

(c) r(t) = 1∕√t

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Applied Calculus

ISBN: 9781119275565

6th Edition

Authors: Deborah Hughes Hallett, Patti Frazer Lock, Andrew M. Gleason, Daniel E. Flath, Sheldon P. Gordon, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, William G. McCallum, Brad G. Osgood, Andrew Pasquale

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