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Direct linkLinhart, Jean Marie – PRIMUS, 2019
This article describes a method for using the United States Census data to open a differential equations course. The question of finding a model for the United States population data gives students a first experience with creating a model using differential equations, and also understanding derivatives, what they mean, and how to calculate them in…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Equations (Mathematics), Calculus, Mathematical Models
