2.4 Mathematical model
Course subject(s)
2. Improving the model
In Section 2.2 you derived the differential equation for the fraction of people X(t) on Ledom Island infected with the flu virus
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with the initial condition
X(0)=0.02.
Unfortunately, the parameter k was at that time unknown. However, because of the text in the cave you can now find a value for k!
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