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A new virus strain starts out with one infected individual andpasses on to others in such a
way that the number of infected individuals triples every fourdays. Assume that there is no
deterrent for the spread of the virus.
(a) Set up an appropriate modelling function to determine thenumber of infected individuals
t days after the outbreak.
(b) Determine how many individuals will be infected 10 days afterthe outbreak.
(c) Determine how long it will take for the number of infectedindividuals to reach 100,000.

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a Every 4 days the infected people are multiplied by a factorof 3 Hence to find the infected people on the Day t starting fromday zero we should    See Answer
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