Now, let's investigate growth in another population: bedbugs! Let's say a college in Kentucky experienced a bedbug infestation, and biology students were asked to help study the problem. Bedbugs are insects that live inside of mattresses (and other similarly warm places) and feed on the blood of sleeping humans. The origin of the bedbug infestation was traced to a student who accidentally brought a few bedbugs in his luggage, after spending a long weekend in New York City. Bedbugs reproduce sexually. In an infested room with a 4 m2 dorm bed, biology students find a population of 1200 bed bugs. In one month, they find that 240 bedbugs die, and 600 new bedbugs hatch. The maximum number of bedbugs is limited by the size of the bed that they live in. What is the density of bedbugs in the dorm bed studied by the biology students? (Explain)
Now, let's investigate growth in another population: bedbugs!
Let's say a college in Kentucky experienced a bedbug infestation, and biology students were asked to help study the problem. Bedbugs are insects that live inside of mattresses (and other similarly warm places) and feed on the blood of sleeping humans. The origin of the bedbug infestation was traced to a student who accidentally brought a few bedbugs in his luggage, after spending a long weekend in New York City. Bedbugs reproduce sexually. In an infested room with a 4 m2 dorm bed, biology students find a population of 1200 bed bugs. In one month, they find that 240 bedbugs die, and 600 new bedbugs hatch. The maximum number of bedbugs is limited by the size of the bed that they live in.
What is the density of bedbugs in the dorm bed studied by the biology students? (Explain)
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