12.7 - Applications
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Practice Questions
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What is heat conduction?
💡 Hint: Think about how heat travels in solids.
Define diffusion.
💡 Hint: Consider the smell of perfume in a room.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What type of process does the heat equation primarily model?
💡 Hint: Think of heat movement through materials.
True or False: The heat equation is only applicable in physics.
💡 Hint: Remember its applications in economics and biology.
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Challenge Problems
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Using the properties of the heat equation, demonstrate how a real-world application of population dynamics can be modeled mathematically.
💡 Hint: Think of how resources could vary spatially.
Create a correlation between the heat equation and a specific financial option pricing model while detailing assumptions made.
💡 Hint: Consider how time and volatility play a role in both scenarios.
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