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Need Help On Differential Equations

alright so i have a problem with integrating the differential equation

dM/dt = 100 - kM

i have to separate the variables and then integrate the diffrerential equation to get an equation for M in terms of t. For the initial condition, M=0 when t=0

just for reference
my book is

CALCULUS
concepts and applications
2nd ed
key curriculum press

and the problem is in page 329 CH7 sec 3 Problem #1 c

any help will be greatly appreciated, thnx

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multiply by dt, divide by (100 - kM), integrate, solve for M

The tricky part is seeing that it's all that under dM

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thnx
i got far with ur explanation
thou i still havent come up with right the answer

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OKay, well, I tried this problem and I assumed k was a constant...(if I am wrong let me know) But thento integrate I used u substitution and it was very easy...so maybe try that.

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What is the correct answer?

I'm getting:

(100 - e^t)/k = M

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I got something similar when I redid it and it was M= k^2e^t+100 + C

Then when you plug in the initial condition...i got lost.

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Okay, I forgot about the C...Yeah, I'm out of practice. Too many matricies in my brain I suppose. But I redid it and I'm not exactly sure what you did stupidgurl2boiz...

With the C I got M = (100 - Ce^t)/k

And with the initial condition I found that C = 100, so it's:

M = 100(1 - e^t)/k

And that's what I got...

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OKay I totally got it! I asked a calc teacher and she got M=100/k(1-e^-kt)

which now that I look, it is the same thing pianogirl got....lol you got to it before i did!

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pianogirl2422 wrote:Okay, I forgot about the C...Yeah, I'm out of practice. Too many matricies in my brain I suppose. But I redid it and I'm not exactly sure what you did stupidgurl2boiz...

With the C I got M = (100 - Ce^t)/k

And with the initial condition I found that C = 100, so it's:

M = 100(1 - e^t)/k

And that's what I got...

mmm....
so close:)

actually, after your first tip i was able to get quite far with my procedure
and i arrived at the same answer as you have
but:eek:
there is some weird step necessary
it goes as follows

dM/dt = 100-kM
dM/(100-kM) = dt

then we integrate and use that weird step (in red)

-1/k S dM/(100-kM) = S dt
-1/k ln |100-kM| = t+C
ln 100-kM = -kt-kC
100-kM = e^-kt-kC
-kM = Ce^-kt -100
M = (Ce^-kt -100)/-k

substitute the initial conditions
0 = 1/k (100 - C^-k0)
100 = C

thus,

M =100/k (1-e^-kt)
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the same as the answer stupidgurl2boiz got from asking the calc teacher

it sure did take a while to get to this answer and i had to carefully review some notes that I was lucky to have from the section in which the problem was

oh, btw, the answer i got is the same as the one in the teacher's manual but i still don't know why there is a need to factor the -1/k when we integrate:confused:

any ideas??

thnx for the help

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Because k respesents a constant...when you integrate you use u-substitution right? well, your u was 100-km which meant your du would be -kmdm . SInce the integral only contains mdm you have to factor out the -k. Thus you would have -1/kdu=m dm and then you can procede with u-substitution.

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Stupid chain rule...I really am out of practice...

Oh well, I'm glad you got the right answer and I could help you out some

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