6. EXTRA CREDIT [revised]: Suppose with the new H3N2 influenza virus strain, a p

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6. EXTRA CREDIT [revised]: Suppose with the new H3N2 influenza virus strain, a person newly infected in Week 0 will produce 4 people newly infected in Week 1, produce 1 other newly infected person in Week 2, and not be contagious in Week 3 or after. a) Write a recurrence relation for the number of newly infected people as a function of weeks.[5 points Replace this text with your answer. (b) Suppose that one newly infected person arrives at UH Mnoa on Week 0. Solve for the number of newly infected people for each Week n.[10 points Replace this text with your answer. (c) How many people will be newly infected with the flu on Week 8?[5 points Replace this text with your answer.

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1a): reoccurence= x+(x+1)-x

1b)infected perople each week is 5

c)at the end of 8th week infected people are 9

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