Question

Suppose the spread of a direct contact disease in a school is modeled by the exponential function P(t) = 2,000 1 + e3 − t where P(t) is the total number of people infected after t hours.. What does 2,000 represent in equation?

Answer 1

Answer: The number "2,000" would represent the total number of people in the specific population; or the sample population; or the number of people being represented in the study.
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Answer 2

number of people in the school