(a) A direction field for the differential equation is shown. Sketch the graphs of the solutions that satisfy the given initial conditions. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (b) If the initial condition is , for what values of is finite? What are the equilibrium solutions?
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Barbara weighs 60 kg and is on a diet of 1600 calories per day, of which 850 are used automatically by basal metabolism. She spends about 15 calkgday times her weight doing exercise. If 1 kg of fat contains 10,000 cal and we assume that the storage of calories in the form of fat is efficient, formulate a differential equation and solve it to find her weight as a function of time. Does her weight ultimately approach an equilibrium weight?
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