On a College Campus of 10,000 Students, a Single Student

question 32

Multiple Choice

On a college campus of 10,000 students, a single student returned to campus infected by a disease. The spread of the disease through the student body is given by , where y is the total number infected at time t (in days) . The school will shut down if 50% of the students are ill. What value of t corresponds to this percentage? ​

• A)Infinity
• B)8.19
• C)9.30
• D)6.44
• E)3.96

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