Question: We will consider a fish population in a lake. N will represent the biomass in kg and we will consider initial values for N 0

We will consider a fish population in a lake. N will represent the biomass in kg and we will consider initial values for N0 in the range 020000 kg. The time unit will be months. K =10000 kg. The intrinsic growth rate is 0.6 per year or with the chosen time unit: 0.6/12 per month. One can start with a timeframe of 15 years or more for studying how the population evolves in time.
The differential equation was given as:
dNdt=r(1-NK)N,N(0)=N0
Plot the right-hand side of this equation as function of N to study how dN/dt changes as function of N. Include this in the report. What happens when N =0 and N = K? What does these points represent?
For which N value will dN/dt have its largest value and what will this value be?(Show this analytically and check expressions with numbers and the graph). Also identify from the previous time simulations where we can see the effect of this and what does this represent?

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