A laboratory is conducting an experiment to analyze growth of beetles. The female

Chapter 3, Problem 12

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A laboratory is conducting an experiment to analyze growth of beetles. The female population has been divided into four age groups 0--1, 1-2, 2- 3, 3-4, each spanning 1 year. The current population of females is spread over the four age groups 125 : 36 : 8 : 1. The average birth rates per beetle of the four age groups is 0, 5, 2, 1 per year. The average survival probabilities of the groups are 0.6, 0.4, 0.1, and 0. The experiment started last year. The initial data X0 has been misplaced. Determine what the initial data must have been.

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