A beam of light travels through a container of murky liquid. The rate of change of the light's intensity, III lux, with respect to the depth, xxx metres, is modeled by the equation:
R=−0.75I2 R = -0.75 I^2 R=−0.75I2where RRR is the rate of change dIdx\frac{dI}{dx}dxdI. The intensity of the light as it enters the liquid at the surface (where x=0x = 0x=0) is 444 lux.
By first forming a suitable differential equation, show that
I=43x+1 I = \frac{4}{3x + 1} I=3x+14Determine the rate of change of the light's intensity with respect to depth when x=1x = 1x=1.
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