Question 15 Marks
The rate of growth of the population is proportional to the number present. If the population doubled in the last 25 years and the present population is 1 lakh, when will the city have a population of 400000 ?
Answer
View full question & answer→Let $P$ be the population at time $t$ years.
Then the rate of growth of the population is $\frac{d P}{d t}$ which is proportional to $P$.
$
\begin{aligned}
& \therefore \frac{d P}{d t} \propto P \\
& \therefore \frac{d P}{d t}= kP , \text { where } k \text { is a constant } \\
& \therefore \frac{d P}{P}= kdt
\end{aligned}
$
On integrating, we get
$
\begin{aligned}
& \int \frac{d P}{P}=k \int d t \\
& \therefore \log P = kt + c
\end{aligned}
$
The population doubled in 25 years and present population is $1,00,000$.
$\therefore$ initial population was 50,000
i.e. when $t=0, P=50000$
$
\therefore \log 50000= k \times 0+ c
$
$
\therefore c =\log 50000
$
$
\therefore \log P=k t+\log 50000
$
When $t =25, P =100000$
$
\therefore \log 100000= k \times 25+\log 50000
$
$
\therefore 25 k =\log 100000-\log 50000=\log \left(\frac{100000}{50000}\right)
$
$\therefore k =\frac{1}{25} \log 2$
$
\begin{aligned}
& \therefore \log P=\frac{t}{25} \log 2+\log 50000 \\
& \text { If } P=400000, \text { then } \\
& \log 400000=\frac{t}{25} \log 2+\log 50000 \\
& \therefore \log 400000-\log 50000=\frac{t}{25} \log 2 \\
& \therefore \log \left(\frac{400000}{50000}\right)=\log (2)^{t / 25} \\
& \therefore \log 8=\log (2)^{t / 25} \\
& \therefore 8=(2)^{t / 25} \\
& \therefore(2)^{t / 25}=(2)^3 \\
& \therefore \frac{t}{25}=3 \\
& \therefore t =75
\end{aligned}
$
$\therefore$ the population will be 400000 in $(75-25)=50$ years.
Then the rate of growth of the population is $\frac{d P}{d t}$ which is proportional to $P$.
$
\begin{aligned}
& \therefore \frac{d P}{d t} \propto P \\
& \therefore \frac{d P}{d t}= kP , \text { where } k \text { is a constant } \\
& \therefore \frac{d P}{P}= kdt
\end{aligned}
$
On integrating, we get
$
\begin{aligned}
& \int \frac{d P}{P}=k \int d t \\
& \therefore \log P = kt + c
\end{aligned}
$
The population doubled in 25 years and present population is $1,00,000$.
$\therefore$ initial population was 50,000
i.e. when $t=0, P=50000$
$
\therefore \log 50000= k \times 0+ c
$
$
\therefore c =\log 50000
$
$
\therefore \log P=k t+\log 50000
$
When $t =25, P =100000$
$
\therefore \log 100000= k \times 25+\log 50000
$
$
\therefore 25 k =\log 100000-\log 50000=\log \left(\frac{100000}{50000}\right)
$
$\therefore k =\frac{1}{25} \log 2$
$
\begin{aligned}
& \therefore \log P=\frac{t}{25} \log 2+\log 50000 \\
& \text { If } P=400000, \text { then } \\
& \log 400000=\frac{t}{25} \log 2+\log 50000 \\
& \therefore \log 400000-\log 50000=\frac{t}{25} \log 2 \\
& \therefore \log \left(\frac{400000}{50000}\right)=\log (2)^{t / 25} \\
& \therefore \log 8=\log (2)^{t / 25} \\
& \therefore 8=(2)^{t / 25} \\
& \therefore(2)^{t / 25}=(2)^3 \\
& \therefore \frac{t}{25}=3 \\
& \therefore t =75
\end{aligned}
$
$\therefore$ the population will be 400000 in $(75-25)=50$ years.