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3. Consider a birth and death process with birth rates Ai-(i 1)A, i 2 0, and death rates (a) Determine the expected time to g

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birth rates:

b_i = (i+1)*b

death rates:

d_i = i*d

net rate=dr/di=birth rate-death rate=(i+1)*b-i*d

Integrating

=> r(i)=Integral((i+1)*b-i*d)di)

=[(b-d)*i^2/2 +bi] +c

a)r(4)-r(0)= 8(b-d)+4b=12b-8d

b)r(5)-r(2)=12.5*(b-d)+5b-2(b-d)-2b=13.5b-10.5d

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