Question

Find the population of city at any time t given that rate of increase of population is proportional to the population at that instant and that in a period of 40 years the population increased from 30000 to 40000.

Solution: Let p be the population at time t.

Then the rate of increase of p is `"dp"/"dt"` which is proportional to p.

∴ `"dp"/"dt" prop "p"`

∴ `"dp"/"dt"` = kp, where k is a constant.

∴ `"dp"/"p"` = k dt

On integrating, we get

`int "dp"/"p" = "k" int "dt"`

∴ log p = kt + c

Initially, i.e. when t = 0, let p = 30000

∴ log 30000 = k × 0 + c       

∴ c = `square`

∴ log p = kt + log 30000

∴ log p - log 30000 = kt

∴ `log("p"/30000)` = kt          .....(1)     

when t = 40, p = 40000

∴ `log (40000/30000) = 40"k"`

∴ k = `square`

∴ equation (1) becomes, `log ("p"/30000)` = `square`

∴ `log ("p"/30000) = "t"/40 log (4/3)`

∴ p = `square`

Answer 1

Let p be the population at time t.

Then the rate of increase of p is `"dp"/"dt"` which is proportional to p.

∴ `"dp"/"dt" prop "p"`

∴ `"dp"/"dt"` = kp, where k is a constant.

∴ `"dp"/"p"` = k dt

On integrating, we get

`int "dp"/"p" = "k" int "dt"`

∴ log p = kt + c

Initially, i.e. when t = 0, let p = 30000

∴ log 30000 = k × 0 + c       

∴ c = log 30000

∴ log p = kt + log 30000

∴ log p - log 30000 = kt

∴ `log("p"/30000)` = kt          .....(1)     

when t = 40, p = 40000

∴ `log (40000/30000) = 40"k"`

∴ k = `bb(1/40 log  4/3)`

∴ equation (1) becomes, `log ("p"/30000)` = `bb("t"/40 log  4/3)`

∴ `log ("p"/30000) = "t"/40 log (4/3)`

∴ `log ("p"/30000) = log (4/3)^("t"/40)`

∴ `"p"/30000 = (4/3)^("t"/40)`

∴ p = 30000 `bb((4/3)^("t"/40))`