Pacific halibut: For a Pacific halibut population, the value of r is 0.71 per year, and the carrying capacity is 89 thousand tons of fish.
a. Find the time it takes the population to grow from the optimum yield level to 90% of carrying capacity if the number b in the logistic model is 1.5.
b. Find the time it takes the population to grow from the optimum yield level to 90% of carrying capacity if the number b in the logistic model is 4.8.
c. Compare the times in parts a and b. Why could this result have been expected?
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