Under certain circumstances, a rumor spreads according to the equation where is the proportion of the population that knows the rumor at time , and and are positive constants. (a) Find . (b) Find the rate of speed of the rumor. (c) How long will it take for 80% of the population to hear the rumor? Here, take with measured in hours.
(a) limit (b) (c) hours
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