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Give brief but clear answers to the questions below. Click on this link to send me an email with your answers. Make sure to type 'Calculus Assignment' and the date in the subject line.

Between Monday, May 1 and Wednesday, May 10

For Tuesday, May 2

1. Give a two to three sentence explanation of what a differential equation is.
2. What does it mean do solve a differential equation? What methods are available for obtaining solutions?
3. Comment: The exam was as long/longer/much longer than I expected it to be.

For Thursday, May 4

1. According to the book, what factors play in determining the rate of growth of a population?
2. How are these factors modeled mathematically (where do they appear in the given equations?)
3. What other factors might there be that aren't mentioned in the book, and how might we represent these mathematically

For Friday, May 5

1. Give a description of what a slope field is.
2. Why, biologically, does the point at which your model 'starts' matter in terms of the limiting populations? How does this appear mathematically in the slope fields?

For Tuesday, May 9 (or any time before)

1. What topics do you feel most confident about going into Thursday's Test?
2. What topics do you need to work on?

Practice Exam here