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Motivation and knowledge
Calculus: Module 13
Growth and decay
Motivation and knowledge
Content - A differential equation for exponential growth and decay
Content - Radioactive decay and half-life
Content - Population growth and doubling time
Content - Another differential equation for growth and decay
Content - Interest and discrete growth
Content - Non-exponential growth and decay
Links forward - Discrete and continuous growth
Links forward - Logistic growth
History and applications - World population
History and applications - HIV virus population growth and decay
History and applications - Newton’s law of cooling
History and applications - Logarithmic plots
Appendix
Answers to exercises
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