UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA ECUACIONES DIFERENCIALES TALLER APLICACIONES 1.

The population of a community is known to increase at a rate proportional to the number of people present at time t. If an initial population P0 has doubled in 5 years, how long will it take to triple? To quadruple? 2. Suppose it is known that the population of the community in Problem 1 is 10,000 after 3 years. What was the initial population P0 ? What will be the population in 10 years? How fast is the population growing at t = 10? 3. The population of a town grows at a rate proportional to the population present at time t. The initial population of 500 increases by 15 % in 10 years. What will be the population in 30 years? How fast is the population growing at t = 30? 4. The population of bacteria in a culture grows at a rate proportional to the number of bacteria present at time t. After 3 hours it is observed that 400 bacteria are present. After 10 hours 2000 bacteria are present. What was the initial number of bacteria? 5. The radioactive isotope of lead, P b 209, decays at a rate proportional to the amount present at time t and has a halife of 3,3 hours. If 1 gram of this isotope is present initially, how long will it take for 90 % of the lead to decay? 6. Initially 100 milligrams of a radioactive substance was present. After 6 hours the mass had decreased by 3 %. If the rate of decay is proportional to the amount of the substance present at time t, nd the amount remaining after 24 hours. 7. A thermometer is removed from a room where the temperature is 70 F and is taken outside, where the air temperature is 10 F . After one-half minute the thermometer reads 50 F . What is the reading of the thermometer at t = 1 min? How long will it take for the thermometer to reach 15 F ? 8. A thermometer is taken from an inside room to the outside, where the air temperature is 5 F . After 1 minute the thermometer reads 55 F , and after 5 minutes it reads 30 F . What is the initial temperature of the inside room? 9. A small metal bar, whose initial temperature was 20 C, is dropped into a large container of boiling water. How long will it take the bar to reach 90 C if it is known that its temperature increases 2 C in 1 second? How long will it take the bar to reach 98 C? 10. Two large containers A and B of the same size are lled with dierent uids. The uids in containers A and B are maintained at 0 C and 100 C , respectively. A small metal bar, whose initial temperature is 100 C , is lowered into 1

container A. After 1 minute the temperature of the bar is 90 C . After 2 minutes the bar is removed and instantly transferred to the other container. After 1 minute in container B the temperature of the bar rises 10 C . How long, measured from the start of the entire process, will it take the bar to reach 99,9 C ? 11. A thermometer reading 70 F is placed in an oven preheated to a constant temperature. Through a glass window in the oven door, an observer records that the thermometer reads 110 F after minute and 145 F after 1 minute. How hot is the oven? 12. A tank contains 200 liters of uid in which 30 grams of salt is dissolved. Brine containing 1 gram of salt per liter is then pumped into the tank at a rate of 4 L/min; the well-mixed solution is pumped out at the same rate. Find the number A(t) of grams of salt in the tank at time t. 13. A large tank is lled to capacity with 500 gallons of pure water. Brine containing 2 pounds of salt per gallon is pumped into the tank at a rate of 5 gal/min. The wellmixed solution is pumped out at the same rate. Find the number A(t) of pounds of salt in the tank at time t. 14. In Problem 13, what is the concentration c(t) of the salt in the tank at time t? At t = 5 min? What is the concentration of the salt in the tank after a long time, that is, as t ? At what time is the concentration of the salt in the tank equal to one-half this limiting value? 15. Solve Problem 13 under the assumption that the solution is pumped out at a faster rate of 10 gal/min. When is the tank empty? 16. A large tank is partially lled with 100 gallons of uid in which 10 pounds of salt is dissolved. Brine containing pound of salt per gallon is pumped into the tank at a rate of 6 gal/min. The well-mixed solution is then pumped out at a slower rate of 4 gal/min. Find the number of pounds of salt in the tank after 30 minutes.