Homework 8

Part 2

6.3: 3 Hint:

When no pesticide is used, the aphid population x(t) and the ladybug population y(t) are modeled by the predator-prey system:

dx/dt = ax - pxy

dy/dt = -by + qxy

The problem describes a pesticide which continuously kills the same proportion of both populations, where that proportion is given by f, a constant less than a. Therefore the new pesticide-added system is modeled by:

dx/dt = ax - pxy - fx

dy/dt = -by + qxy - fy