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Models & Qualitative Behavior · Superchallenge problem

A population, measured as a fraction of its habitat's capacity, has a seasonally varying growth rate: P′=(cos⁡t) P(1−P)P' = (\cos t)\,P(1 - P), with P(0)=14P(0) = \dfrac14. What is the largest value P(t)P(t) ever reaches? Give an exact answer.