There Are Currently 1,000 Cases of Venusian Flu in a Total

question 54

Multiple Choice

There are currently 1,000 cases of Venusian flu in a total susceptible population of 10,000 and the number of cases is increasing by 25% each day. Find a logistic model for the number of cases of Venusian flu and use your model to predict the number of flu cases a week from now. Round your answer to the nearest integer.

• A) \(F ( 7 ) = 1,732\) cases
• B) \(F ( 7 ) = 5,195\) cases
• C) \(F ( 7 ) = 3,463\) cases
• D) \(F ( 7 ) = 5,888\) cases
• E) \(F ( 7 ) = 1,154\) cases

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