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The Use Of Calculus To Determine Efficient Fertilizer Levels For Crop Production, Cole Loadholtz
The Use Of Calculus To Determine Efficient Fertilizer Levels For Crop Production, Cole Loadholtz
Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two
For this project, I wanted to incorporate calculus into agriculture and environmental science methods. More in detail, the problem used asked for the maximum levels of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) that would be best for a current crop yield. This allowed incorporating partial derivatives, and critical points to find the maximum values for the equation. The results show that in order to demonstrate maximum crop yield production, the levels of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) were to be both at 2, with the correct corresponding units. The drawback from this problem is that although the problem showed effective nitrogen …