This is a separable differential equation. This means we can completely separate dependent and independent variables into two expressions. General form if such equation is
and the solution is obtained by solving the following integrals
Let us now return to the problem at hand.
Now we need to put everything containing on the left and everything containing
to the right side.
Let us first simplify the expression on the left.
We shall write the term on the left using partial fractions to make integration easier.
We can now integrate the equation.
In the line above we have written the constant term as in stead of just
This is often used to make the expression easier to manipulate.
Use formulae for logarithm of product and quotient:
Take antilogarithm.
We can now calculate by using the initial value.
Since we have
The solution to the initial value problem is
We can now calculate population when
Population is approximately at time
To find when the population reaches 1200, we need to solve the following equation
Multiply by the denominator.
Take logarithm.
The population will reach 1200 at time
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