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Models & Qualitative Behavior · Medium problem

A lake's fish population grows naturally at a rate proportional to its size, but a fixed fishing effort removes fish at a rate proportional to the SQUARE ROOT of the population: P′=0.1P−2PP' = 0.1P - 2\sqrt{P}. Find the nonzero equilibrium population.