In a nursery, the reason for spreading a virus epidemic is equal to half of those who have not gotten sick yet. if 200 children are enrolled in the nursery, give a differential equation for the number of children infected N with respect to time t in days. Solve the differential equation to answer the following: If a sick  child started the epidemic, will they all be infected three days later?

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In a nursery, the reason for spreading a virus epidemic is equal to half of those who have not gotten sick yet. if 200 children are enrolled in the nursery, give a differential equation for the number of children infected N with respect to time t in days.

Solve the differential equation to answer the following: If a sick  child started the epidemic, will they all be infected three days later?

 

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Number of children infected N w.r.t to time t in days

dNdt=N

Use variable saprable method to solve differential equation 

dN=dt

LogN =t +c

N =100 at t =0

log100 = c

c=2

 

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