Logistic Growth (Infectious Disease)
Channel: Andrew Misseldine
Date: 2020-11-30

In this video, we use exponential functions to model the growth of a population which has a carrying capacity, namely logistic growth. In this video, we use logistic growth to model the spread of an infectious disease.

This is lecture 44 (part 1/3) of the lecture series offered by Dr. Andrew Misseldine for the course Math 1050 - College Algebra at Southern Utah University. A transcript of this lecture can be found at Dr. Misseldine's website or through his Google Drive at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xjeWjy7DL3O-fFPCGpLhmnz2j37bfzS6/view

This lecture is based upon general college algebra curriculum and not based upon an individual textbook. With that said, this lecture series is influenced by many great college algebra textbook on the market, namely Sullivan's, Stewart's, OpenStax's, McKeague's, Stitz-Zeager's, and many others. Please post any questions you might have below in the comment field and Dr. Misseldine (or other commenters) can answer them for you. Please also subscribe for further updates.