Supposed a student carrying a COVID-19 virus returns to an isolated college campus of 1000 students. Determine a differential equation for the number of people x(t) who have contracted the virus if the rate at which the disease spreads is proportional to the number of interactions between the number of students who have the virus and the number of students who have not yet been exposed to it.

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Supposed a student carrying a COVID-19 virus returns to an isolated
college campus of 1000 students. Determine a differential equation for
the number of people x(t) who have contracted the virus if the rate at
which the disease spreads is proportional to the number of interactions
between the number of students who have the virus and the number of
students who have not yet been exposed to it.
Transcribed Image Text:Supposed a student carrying a COVID-19 virus returns to an isolated college campus of 1000 students. Determine a differential equation for the number of people x(t) who have contracted the virus if the rate at which the disease spreads is proportional to the number of interactions between the number of students who have the virus and the number of students who have not yet been exposed to it.
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