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Fitting the Gompertz Law In an experiment with bacteria, an initial population of about on...

Fitting the Gompertz Law In an experiment with bacteria, an initial population of about one (thousand) doubled in two hours, but at both 24 hours and 28 hours after the experiment began, there were only about 10 (thousand).

(a) Model this phenomenon using the Gompertz equation. HINT: Look first for the long-term level.

(b) Model the same phenomenon using the logistic equation; compare with (a).

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