The number of Drosophila fruit flies in a controlled experiment assumes the following growth pattern when the food source is limited:
N(t)=6501+12e−0.3tN(t)=6501+12e−0.3t
where tt measured in days.
A. How many fruit files were there in the beginning?
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B. What is the limiting number of fruit flies?
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C. At what time was the population increasing most rapidly?
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D. At what rate is the number of fruit flies increasing after 5 days?
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