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In rereading my attempt at a solution for A, I realized that the problems wants me to find at what constant E can we max H(x) given that F(x) = G(x) - H(x). I don't know what exactly I was doing differentiating H(x) with respect to E. EDIT I differentiated F = rx(1-[x/k]) -0.00001Ex with...

Edited first post - totally freakin forgot A, B, C, and D!

Thank you for your response BruceW. Well, the (nominal) growth rate minus the harvest rate will equal the REAL growth rate. But I believe the problem is asking for what level of constant E will max H(x). I emailed my professor. I think your response just confused me more than I already was...

First post on these forums, thanks all for your help! Homework Statement It is estimated that the growth rate of the fin whale population (per year) is rx(1 - x/K), where r = 0.08 is the intrinsic growth rate, K = 400,000 is the maximum sustainable population, and x is the current population...