VIT Engineering VIT Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    Let y be the number of people in a village at rime\[t\]. Assume that the rate of change of the population is proportional to the number of people in the village at any time and further assume that the population never increases in time. Then, the population of the village at any fixed time\[t\]is given by

    A) \[y={{e}^{kt}}+c,\] for some constant \[c\le 0\] and \[k\ge 0\]

    B) \[y=c{{e}^{kt}},\] for some constants \[c\ge 0\] and \[k\le 0\]

    C) \[y={{e}^{ct}}+k,\] for some constants \[c\le 0\] and \[k\ge 0\]

    D) \[y=k{{e}^{ct}},\] for some constants \[c\ge 0\] and \[k\le 0\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Given that, \[\frac{dy}{dt}\propto y\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{dy}{dt}=ky\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{1}{y}dy=k\,dt\] On integrating, we get \[\log y=\log c+kt\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\log y-\log c=kt\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\log \frac{y}{c}=kt\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{y}{c}={{e}^{kt}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[y=c{{e}^{kt}}\]


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