Excursions In Modern Mathematics, 9th Edition
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134494142
Author: Tannenbaum
Publisher: PEARSON
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Videos
Textbook Question
Chapter 9, Problem 53E
A population grows according to the logistic growth model, with growth parameter
a. find
b. find
c. determine what percent of the habitat’s carrying capacity is taken up by the third generation.
Expert Solution & Answer
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solution
Students have asked these similar questions
The following table shows a data set containing information for 25 of the shadow stocks tracked by the American Association of Individual Investors (aaii.com, February 2002). Shadow stocks are common stocks of smaller companies that are not closely followed by Wall Street analysts.
Click on the datafile logo to reference the data.
DATA file
Company
DeWolfe Companies
Exchange
Ticker
Symbol
Market
Cap
($ millions)
Price/
Gross
Profit
Earnings
Ratio
Margin
(%)
AMEX
DWL
36.4
8.4
36.7
North Coast Energy
OTC
NCEB
52.5
6.2
59.3
Hansen Natural Corp.
OTC
HANS
41.1
14.6
44.8
MarineMax, Inc.
NYSE
HZO
111.5
7.2
23.8
Nanometrics Incorporated
OTC
NANO
228.6
38.0
53.3
TeamStaff, Inc.
OTC
TSTF
92.1
33.5
4.1
Environmental Tectonics
AMEX
ETC
51.1
35.8
35.9
Measurement Specialties
AMEX
MSS
101.8
26.8
37.6
SEMCO Energy, Inc.
NYSE
SEN
193.4
18.7
23.6
Party City Corporation
OTC
PCTY
97.2
15.9
36.4
Embrex, Inc.
OTC
EMBX
136.5
18.9
59.5
Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc.
AMEX
ΤΟ
23.2
20.7
35.7
ARCADIS NV
OTC
ARCAF
173.4…
The following table shows a data set containing information for 25 of the shadow stocks tracked by the American Association of Individual Investors (aaii.com, February 2002). Shadow stocks are common stocks of smaller companies that are not closely followed by Wall Street analysts.
Click on the datafile logo to reference the data.
DATA file
Company
DeWolfe Companies
Exchange
AMEX
Ticker
Symbol
Market
Cap
Price/
Gross
Profit
Earnings Margin
($ millions)
Ratio
(%)
DWL
36.4
8.4
36.7
North Coast Energy
OTC
NCEB
52.5
6.2
59.3
Hansen Natural Corp.
OTC
HANS
41.1
14.6
44.8
MarineMax, Inc.
NYSE
HZO
111.5
7.2
23.8
Nanometrics Incorporated
OTC
NANO
228.6
38.0
53.3
TeamStaff, Inc.
OTC
TSTF
92.1
33.5
4.1
Environmental Tectonics
AMEX
ETC
51.1
35.8
35.9
Measurement Specialties
AMEX
MSS
101.8
26.8
37.6
SEMCO Energy, Inc.
NYSE
SEN
193.4
18.7
23.6
Party City Corporation
OTC
PCTY
97.2
15.9
36.4
Embrex, Inc.
OTC
EMBX
136.5
18.9
59.5
Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc.
AMEX
ΤΟ
23.2
20.7
35.7
ARCADIS NV
OTC
ARCAF
173.4…
The following data show the year to date percent change (YTD % Change) for 30 stock-market indexes from around the word (The Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2013).
a. What index has the largest positive YTD % Change? Round your answer to once decimal place. index with a YTD % Change of %
b. Using a class width of 5 beginning with -20 and going to 40, develop a frequency distribution for the data.
YTD % Change
Frequency
-20 - -15
-15 - -10
-10 - -5
-5 - 0
0 - 5
5 - 10
10 - 15
15 - 20
20 - 25
30 - 35
c.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Chapter 9 Solutions
Excursions In Modern Mathematics, 9th Edition
Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence defined by the explicit...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence defined by the explicit...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence defined by the explicit...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence defined by the explicit...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence defined by the explicit...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence defined by the explicit...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence defined by the explicit...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence defined by the explicit...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence defined by the explicit...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence 1,4,9,16,25,.... a. List the...
Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence 1,2,6,24,120,.... a. List...Ch. 9 - Consider the sequence 0,1,3,6,10,15,21.... a. List...Ch. 9 - Prob. 14ECh. 9 - Consider the sequence 1,85,2,167,208,.... a. List...Ch. 9 - Prob. 16ECh. 9 - Airlines would like to board passengers in the...Ch. 9 - When two fair coins are tossed the probability of...Ch. 9 - Consider a population that grows linearly...Ch. 9 - Consider a population that grows linearly...Ch. 9 - Consider a population that grows linearly...Ch. 9 - Consider a population that grows linearly...Ch. 9 - Consider a population that grows linearly, with...Ch. 9 - Consider a population that grows linearly, with...Ch. 9 - Official unemployment rates for the U.S....Ch. 9 - The world population reached 6 billion people in...Ch. 9 - The Social Security Administration uses a linear...Ch. 9 - While the number of smokers for the general adult...Ch. 9 - Use the arithmetic sum formula to find the sum...Ch. 9 - Prob. 30ECh. 9 - An arithmetic sequence has first term P0=12 and...Ch. 9 - An arithmetic sequence has first term P0=1 and...Ch. 9 - Find the sum a. 1+3+5+7++149.Hint: See Example...Ch. 9 - Find the sum a. 2+4+6++98. b. 2+4+6+75terms.Ch. 9 - The city of Lightsville currently has 137...Ch. 9 - Prob. 36ECh. 9 - A population grows according to an exponential...Ch. 9 - A population grows according to an exponential...Ch. 9 - A population grows according to the recursive rule...Ch. 9 - Prob. 40ECh. 9 - Crime in Happyville is on the rise. Each year the...Ch. 9 - Prob. 42ECh. 9 - Prob. 43ECh. 9 - Avian influenza A H5N1 is a particularly virulent...Ch. 9 - In 2010 the undergraduate enrollment at Bright...Ch. 9 - In 2009 there were 73 cases of avian influenza A...Ch. 9 - Consider the geometric sequence P0=2, P1=6, P2=18,...Ch. 9 - Consider the geometric sequence P0=4, P1=6, P2=9,...Ch. 9 - Consider the geometric sequence P0=4, P1=2, P2=1,....Ch. 9 - Consider the geometric sequence P0=10, P1=2,...Ch. 9 - Find the sum a. 1+2+22+23++215. b. 1+2+22+23++2N1...Ch. 9 - Find the sum a. 1+3+32+33++310. b. 1+3+32+33++3N1....Ch. 9 - A population grows according to the logistic...Ch. 9 - A population grows according to the logistic...Ch. 9 - For the population discussed in Exercise 53...Ch. 9 - Prob. 56ECh. 9 - Prob. 57ECh. 9 - Prob. 58ECh. 9 - Prob. 59ECh. 9 - Prob. 60ECh. 9 - A population grows according to the logistic...Ch. 9 - A population grows according to the logistic...Ch. 9 - Each of the following sequences follows a linear,...Ch. 9 - Each of the line graph shown in Figs. 9-19 through...Ch. 9 - Prob. 65ECh. 9 - Prob. 66ECh. 9 - Prob. 67ECh. 9 - Prob. 68ECh. 9 - Prob. 69ECh. 9 - Prob. 70ECh. 9 - Prob. 71ECh. 9 - Prob. 72ECh. 9 - Prob. 73ECh. 9 - Prob. 74ECh. 9 - Prob. 75ECh. 9 - Show that if P0,P1,P2,... is an arithmetic...
Knowledge Booster
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, subject and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.Similar questions
- The following data show the year to date percent change (YTD % Change) for 30 stock-market indexes from around the word (The Wall Street Journal, August 26, 2013). Click on the datafile logo to reference the data. DATA file Country Australia Index S&P/ASX200 YTD % Change 10.2 Belgium Bel-20 12.6 Brazil São Paulo Bovespa -14.4 Canada S&P/TSX Comp 2.6 Chile Santiago IPSA -16.3 China Shanghai Composite -9.3 Eurozone EURO Stoxx 10.0 France CAC 40 11.8 Germany DAX 10.6 Hong Kong Hang Seng -3.5 India S&P BSE Sensex -4.7 Israel Tel Aviv 1.3 Italy FTSE MIB 6.6 Japan Nikkei 31.4 Mexico IPC All-Share -6.4 Netherlands AEX 9.3 Singapore Straits Times -2.5 South Korea Kospi -6.4 Spain IBEX 35 6.4 Sweden Switzerland SX All Share 13.8 Swiss Market 17.4 Taiwan Weighted 2.3 U.K. FTSE 100 10.1 U.S. S&P 500 16.6 U.S. DJIA 14.5 U.S. Dow Jones Utility 6.6 U.S. Nasdaq 100 17.4 U.S. Nasdaq Composite 21.1 World DJ Global ex U.S. 4.2 World DJ Global Index 9.9 a. What index has the largest positive YTD %…arrow_forwardWhat is the domain, range, increasing intervals (theres 3), decreasing intervals, roots, y-intercepts, end behavior (approaches four times), leading coffiencent status (is it negative, positivie?) the degress status (zero, undifined etc ), the absolute max, is there a absolute minimum, relative minimum, relative maximum, the root is that has a multiplicity of 2, the multiplicity of 3.arrow_forwardWhat is the vertex, axis of symmerty, all of the solutions, all of the end behaviors, the increasing interval, the decreasing interval, describe all of the transformations that have occurred EXAMPLE Vertical shrink/compression (wider). or Vertical translation down, the domain and range of this graph EXAMPLE Domain: x ≤ -1 Range: y ≥ -4.arrow_forward
- use a graphing utility to sketch the graph of the function and then use the graph to help identify or approximate the domain and range of the function. f(x)= x*sqrt(9-(x^2))arrow_forwarduse a graphing utility to sketch the graph of the function and then use the graph to help identify or approximate the domain and range of the function. f(x)=xsqrt(9-(x^2))arrow_forward4. Select all of the solutions for x²+x - 12 = 0? A. -12 B. -4 C. -3 D. 3 E 4 F 12 4 of 10arrow_forward
- 2. Select all of the polynomials with the degree of 7. A. h(x) = (4x + 2)³(x − 7)(3x + 1)4 B h(x) = (x + 7)³(2x + 1)^(6x − 5)² ☐ Ch(x)=(3x² + 9)(x + 4)(8x + 2)ª h(x) = (x + 6)²(9x + 2) (x − 3) h(x)=(-x-7)² (x + 8)²(7x + 4)³ Scroll down to see more 2 of 10arrow_forward1. If all of the zeros for a polynomial are included in the graph, which polynomial could the graph represent? 100 -6 -2 0 2 100 200arrow_forward3. Select the polynomial that matches the description given: Zero at 4 with multiplicity 3 Zero at −1 with multiplicity 2 Zero at -10 with multiplicity 1 Zero at 5 with multiplicity 5 ○ A. P(x) = (x − 4)³(x + 1)²(x + 10)(x — 5)³ B - P(x) = (x + 4)³(x − 1)²(x − 10)(x + 5)³ ○ ° P(x) = (1 − 3)'(x + 2)(x + 1)"'" (x — 5)³ 51 P(r) = (x-4)³(x − 1)(x + 10)(x − 5 3 of 10arrow_forward
- Match the equation, graph, and description of transformation. Horizontal translation 1 unit right; vertical translation 1 unit up; vertical shrink of 1/2; reflection across the x axis Horizontal translation 1 unit left; vertical translation 1 unit down; vertical stretch of 2 Horizontal translation 2 units right; reflection across the x-axis Vertical translation 1 unit up; vertical stretch of 2; reflection across the x-axis Reflection across the x - axis; vertical translation 2 units down Horizontal translation 2 units left Horizontal translation 2 units right Vertical translation 1 unit down; vertical shrink of 1/2; reflection across the x-axis Vertical translation 2 units down Horizontal translation 1 unit left; vertical translation 2 units up; vertical stretch of 2; reflection across the x - axis f(x) = - =-½ ½ (x − 1)²+1 f(x) = x²-2 f(x) = -2(x+1)²+2 f(x)=2(x+1)²-1 f(x)=-(x-2)² f(x)=(x-2)² f(x) = f(x) = -2x²+1 f(x) = -x²-2 f(x) = (x+2)²arrow_forwardWhat is the vertex, increasing interval, decreasing interval, domain, range, root/solution/zero, and the end behavior?arrow_forwardCalculate a (bxc) where a = i, b = j, and c = k.arrow_forward
arrow_back_ios
SEE MORE QUESTIONS
arrow_forward_ios
Recommended textbooks for you
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic GeometryAlgebraISBN:9781133382119Author:SwokowskiPublisher:Cengage
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...AlgebraISBN:9780079039897Author:CarterPublisher:McGraw Hill
College AlgebraAlgebraISBN:9781305115545Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem WatsonPublisher:Cengage Learning
Functions and Change: A Modeling Approach to Coll...AlgebraISBN:9781337111348Author:Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan NoellPublisher:Cengage Learning
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
Algebra
ISBN:9781133382119
Author:Swokowski
Publisher:Cengage
Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897...
Algebra
ISBN:9780079039897
Author:Carter
Publisher:McGraw Hill
College Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:9781305115545
Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Functions and Change: A Modeling Approach to Coll...
Algebra
ISBN:9781337111348
Author:Bruce Crauder, Benny Evans, Alan Noell
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Implicit Differentiation with Transcendental Functions; Author: Mathispower4u;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16WoO59R88w;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY
How to determine the difference between an algebraic and transcendental expression; Author: Study Force;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRht10w7ZOE;License: Standard YouTube License, CC-BY