Suppose the Spread of a Cold Virus in an Elementary

question 8

Short Answer

Suppose the spread of a cold virus in an elementary school can by modeled by the equation ,where P is the number of children with the virus and t is time in days.
A. How many children will eventually catch the virus?
B. At the inflection point of the graph of P, how many children have caught the virus?
C. If a different strain of the virus is found to fit the equation , will it eventually infect (1) more children, (2) fewer children, or (3) the same number of children?

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