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Modelling With First Order Differential Equations

The document discusses the application of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) in modeling various phenomena across multiple fields such as science, engineering, and economics. It provides examples including exponential growth and decay, half-life calculations, carbon dating, and Newton's Law of Cooling, illustrating how these equations can describe temperature changes and other processes. Specific scenarios are presented to demonstrate the practical use of ODEs in real-world situations.

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Modelling With First Order Differential Equations

The document discusses the application of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) in modeling various phenomena across multiple fields such as science, engineering, and economics. It provides examples including exponential growth and decay, half-life calculations, carbon dating, and Newton's Law of Cooling, illustrating how these equations can describe temperature changes and other processes. Specific scenarios are presented to demonstrate the practical use of ODEs in real-world situations.

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Modeling With

Differential
Equations
WHERE WE USE ODEs?
Such equations can be used to model various
phenomena of interest in the sciences,
engineering, economics, ecological studies,
and other areas.
Example: Exponential growth and decay
Example: Exponential growth
Solution
Example
Example
Example: Half-life of Plutonium
Solution
Carbon dating
Example: Age of a fossil
Solution
Example: Newton’s Law of Cooling
◦ The equation used in this experiment is Newton’s Law of Cooling, an ordinary differential equation
(ODE) describing an object's temperature change rate. The law assumes that the rate of heat loss is
proportional to the difference between the object's temperature and surroundings. The following
equation is used to express this proportionality:

Where:
• is the cooling constant
• is the temperature of the object.
•is the temperature of the surroundings
•is the rate of change of temperature over time
Example: Cooling of an object
Newton's Law of Cooling states that the rate at which an object's temperature is changing at any given time tis
proportional to the difference between its temperature T and the temperature of the surrounding
environment,

Police discover a dead body at 06:00 in the morning in a room maintained at discovered, the body's
temperature was 30°C. Three hours later, the body's temperature had dropped to 26°C. The body temperature
at the time of death is assumed to be 37°C. Estimate the time at which death occurred.
Solution
Example: Cooling of cake
Solution
Solution

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