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Graphical methods I: Slug wars

Issue 38
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March 2006

Increasing the probability p(r)

If p(r) is increased, then a smaller value of x is given by the formula for xr. And when xr decreases and moves to the left, then so does the curve f(y), since it lies to the left of the point (xr, yr).

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