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This document outlines Tutorial 4 for MAT 211, scheduled for March 23-27, 2026, with specific questions to be submitted by March 21, 2025. It includes problems related to radioactive decay, population growth, and differential equations, some of which require solutions for submission. The tutorial emphasizes the application of mathematical concepts in real-world scenarios.

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Tutorial 4

This document outlines Tutorial 4 for MAT 211, scheduled for March 23-27, 2026, with specific questions to be submitted by March 21, 2025. It includes problems related to radioactive decay, population growth, and differential equations, some of which require solutions for submission. The tutorial emphasizes the application of mathematical concepts in real-world scenarios.

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Mat 211 Tutorial 4 March 23-27, 2026

For the questions tagged For submission, you are required to submit the respective solutions
on March 21th, 2025 at the start of the tutorial

Questions
1. The half-life of a radioactive element is 2,000 years. What percentage of its original mass is
left after 10,000 years?

2. The evaporation rate of moisture from a sheet hung on a clothesline is proportional to the
sheet’s moisture content. If one-half of the moisture evaporates in the first 30 minutes, how
long will it take for 95% of the moisture to evaporate? For submission

3. The half-life of a radioactive element is 30 years. How long will it take for a 10−kg sample
to be reduced to 1 kg? For submission

4. A population of 200 million people is observed to increase 2% each year. How many years
will it take for the for the population to double?

5. A bacteria culture doubles in 2 hours. How long will it take for the population to increase
by a factor of 100?

6. A population grows initially with a growth constant k = 0.001/hr and subsequently with a
growth constant of 0.002 hr. How long will it take the population to double if equal time is
spent in each growth period?

7. A certain bacteria culture is observed to increase by 10% during the first 10 hours. How
long will it take for the population to increase by a factor of 1,000?

8. Find all solutions of the equations below by separation of variable. For submission

(a) u′ = 10u2
(b) t2 u′ + u2 = 1
(c) t(t + 2)u′ = u2
(d) u′ + pu = 0, p =constant
(e) u′ = cot u sin t

9. Find the particular solution of the separable differential equation


dy
= y(1 − y)x, y > 1
dx
which satisfies the initial condition y(0) = 21 .

10. Given
dy
= αy,
dt
where α is the growth rate and y is the number of individuals of the population at time t.
Derive the logistic equation for the restricted exponential growth model.

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11. Let α, M, y0 be positive real numbers such that 0 < y0 < M and y be the number of
individuals of the population at time t. Use separation of variables to show that the solution
of the logistic equation
dy  y 
= αy 1 −
dt M
which satisfies the initial condition y = y0 when t = 0 is For submission

M
y=  .
M
y0
− 1 e−αt + 1

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