A certain community consists of 3000 people, and one individual has a particularly contagious strain of influenza. Assuming the community has not had vaccination shots and are all susceptible, the spread of the disease in the community is modeled by 3000 A = 1+ 2999e– 0.5t where A is the number of people who have contracted the flu after t days.

A certain community consists of 3000 people, and one individual has a particularly contagious strain of influenza. Assuming the community has not had vaccination shots and are all susceptible, the spread of the disease in the community is modeled by 3000 A = 1+ 2999e– 0.5t where A is the number of people who have contracted the flu after t days.

Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction

4th Edition

ISBN:9781285463247

Author:David Poole

Publisher:David Poole

Chapter7: Distance And Approximation

Section7.3: Least Squares Approximation

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