1.1 A Simplistic Pandemic Model The covid-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on society and many scientists are modeling the progression of the pandemic and finding accurate modeling to be quite challenging. The crudest model assumes that $\frac{dy}{dt} = ky$ (1)
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Step 1: The given equation dy = ky represents a simple exponential growth model, where y represents the number of cases and k is a constant representing the growth rate. Show more…
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