Electronic Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Orlando, Florida, March 16-19, 2006

Paper W003

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-49160-2, Copyright (C) 2007 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Rumors and Flu and New Products, Oh My! Logistic Model to the Rescue!

Donna M. Christy


Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Rhode Island College
600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Providence, RI 20908
USA


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ABSTRACT

What do restricted population growth, spread of disease, and consumer buying trends share? These phenomena can often be modeled by logistic functions. This workshop will present the mathematics of logistic functions and use the TI-84+SE to assist in our explorations.

Keyword(s): graphing calculators, modeling, applications