A biologist is studying the growth of a bacterial colony in a petri dish. She observes that the growth pattern can be modeled using a combination of exponential and logarithmic functions. The temperature of the dish is also changing, affecting the growth rate.
b. The biologist refines her model to include the effect of temperature fluctuations. She proposes a new model: $P(t) = 1000 e^{0.458t} + 500 \sin(0.5t)$, where the sine function accounts for the temperature variations.
Analyse the behavior of the bacterial population according to this refined model over the interval \$0 \le t \le 10$. Discuss the effect of the sinusoidal term on the overall population growth, including any maximum and minimum population values, and the times at which they occur. You may use technology to assist with this analysis.
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Extend introductory study of functions, algebra, calculus. Focus on functions, relations, graphs, algebra, and applications of derivatives.
Covers transformations, polynomial functions, power functions, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, circular functions, and combinations of these.
graphs of the following functions: power functions, $y=x^{n}, n \in Q$; exponential functions, $y=a^{x}, a \in R^{y}$, in particular $y=e^{x}$; logarithmic functions, $y=\log _{x}(x)$ and $y=\log _{(x)}(x)$; and circular functions, $y=\sin (x), y=\cos (x)$ and $y=\tan (x)$ and their key features
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