Concept explainers
The function
models the population of Florida, f(t), in millions, t years after 1970.
a. What was Florida’s population in 1970?
b. According to this logistic growth model, what was Florida’s population, to the nearest tenth of a million, in 2010? Does this underestimate or overestimate the actual 2010 population of 18.8 million?
c. What is the limiting size of the population of Florida?
(Section 4.5, Example 3)
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