A Biologist Found That the Number of Drosophila Fruit Flies

question 28

Short Answer

A biologist found that the number of Drosophila fruit flies, N(t), assumes the following growth pattern if the food source is limited: .
A. How many fruit flies were there in the beginning (to the nearest fly)?
B. At what time was the population increasing most rapidly (to the nearest day)?
C. At what rate does the number of fruit flies increase after 5 days (to the nearest fly per day)?

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