in a fish farm , fish are harvested at a constant rate of 2100 fish per week.the percapita death rate for the fish is 0.2 fish per day per fish and the per capita death rate is 0.7 fish per day per fish  a) write a word equation describing the rate of change of the fish population .hence obtain a differential equation for the number of fish  b) if the fish population at agiven time is 240000 give an estimate of the number of fish born in one week  c)determine if there are any values for which the population is in equilibrium .

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in a fish farm , fish are harvested at a constant rate of 2100 fish per week.the percapita death rate for the fish is 0.2 fish per day per fish and the per capita death rate is 0.7 fish per day per fish 

a) write a word equation describing the rate of change of the fish population .hence obtain a differential equation for the number of fish 

b) if the fish population at agiven time is 240000 give an estimate of the number of fish born in one week 

c)determine if there are any values for which the population is in equilibrium .

 

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