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Question 1178978: A biologist finds that a local habitat has a population of 10 raccoons. The population of the
raccoons grows according to the model P = 10(1.054)t. What will be the population of raccoons in this habitat in 8 years?

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Answer by josgarithmetic(39621)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Substitute 8 for t about the question, and compute P.

Answer by ikleyn(52817)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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