A linear model of the spread of an epidemic in a community of 1000 people is the equation: dx/dt = 0.01282(1000 − x), x(0) = 1.  where x(t) represents the number of people infected at time t. Separating variables, Find the number of people x(t) who have contracted the disease at the time of time t.

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A linear model of the spread of an epidemic in a community of 1000 people is the equation:

dx/dt = 0.01282(1000 − x), x(0) = 1. 

where x(t) represents the number of people infected at time t. Separating variables,
Find the number of people x(t) who have contracted the disease at the time of
time t.

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