Consider a time-varying population that follows the logistic population model. The population has a limiting population of 800, and at time t = 0, its population of 200 is growing at a rate of 60 per year. Please write a differential equation for the populatoin P(t) that models this scenario.

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Consider a time-varying population that follows the logistic population model. The population has a limiting population of 800, and at time t = 0, its population of 200 is growing at a rate of 60 per year.

Please write a differential equation for the populatoin P(t) that models this scenario.

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