A infection originated from an unknown pollution can kill 40 percent of those wh

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A infection originated from an unknown pollution can kill 40 percent of those who are already ill and make 60 percent of the healthy population ill each month. Assume that everyone is healthy initially and the death rate of the healthy population is negligible. PLEASE SHOW YOUR WORK

(1 point) A infection originated from an unknown pollution can kill 40 percent of those who are already ill and make 60 percent of the healthy population ill each month. Assume that everyone is healthy initially and the death rate of the healthy population is negligible. a. Suppose that no one who is infected can become healthy again. Find the 5.184 percent b. It is found that a type of treatment can cure 10 percent of the infected population and reduce the death rate of the infected population to 30 percent each month. Find the percentage of the original population that will die in the next four months. percent c. Suppose that the population that is cured by the medicine described in part (b) will be indefinitely immune to the infection. Find the percentage of the original population that will die in the next four months. Note that in this population that is immune. percent

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a)66% of total popilation died after 4months.

b)

Population Left Population OldIll Newill Total Ill healthy dead Month1 60 60 40 0 100 100 Month2 36 24 60 16 24 76 100 Month3 36 9.6 45.6 6.4 24 52 76 Month4 27.36 3.84 31.2 2.56 18.24 33.76 52 People died after 4 months 66.24

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