Lab 1

Euler

In this lab you will use a spreadsheet to illustrate the use of the Euler method of estimating the value of the solution to an Ordinary Differential Equation with a given initial solution. You may also wish to print out the graph of the solution using ODE Architect (not required).

The problem: The Gompertz Equation, MATH is used to predict certain populations. If $P$ is in thousands and $r=5$ and $a=1$ are constants then find $P(2)$ if $P(0)=8$ thousands. Use 20 steps.

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