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Biomass Biomass is a measure of the amount of living matter in an ecosystem. The biomass s(t) in a given ecosystem increases at a rate of about 3.5 tons per year and decreases by about 1.9% per year. This situation can be modeled by the
(a) Find the general solution of the differential equation.
(b) Use a graphing utility to graph the slope field for the differential equation. What do you notice?
(c) Explain what happens to the biomass as
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