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# Von Bertalanffys equation states that the rate of growth in length of an individual fish is proportional to the difference between the current lenght $L$ and the asymptotic length $L_x$ (in centimeters).(a) Write a differential equation that expresses this idea. (b) Make a rough sketch of the graph of a solution of a typical initial-value problem for this differential equation.

## (a) $\frac{d L}{d t}=k\left(L_{\infty}-L\right)$$k is the proportionality constant(b) Let initial length of a fish is L_{0} .Then the initial-value problem can be written as,\frac{d L}{d t}=k\left(L_{\infty}-L\right), L(0)=L_{0}To find the length L at any time t, integrate both sides,\int_{L_{0}}^{L(t)} \frac{d L}{L_{\infty}-L}=\int_{0}^{t} k d t$$\left[\ln \left(L_{\infty}-L\right)\right]_{L_{0}}^{L(t)}=-k t$$\ln \left[\frac{L_{\infty}-L(t)}{L_{\infty}-L_{0}}\right]=-k t$$\frac{L_{\infty}-L(t)}{L_{\infty}-L_{0}}=e^{-k t}$Solve for $L(t)$$L(t)=L_{\infty}-\left(L_{\infty}-L_{0}\right) e^{-k t}$From the solution it can be seen as time increases, the length increases and reaches $L_{\infty}$ as $t$ tends to infinity.

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