SOLUTION: Suppose that 40 deer are introduced in a protected wilderness area. The population of the herd P can be approximated by P= 40 + 0.05x, Where x is the time in years since introducin

Question 1203606: Suppose that 40 deer are introduced in a protected wilderness area. The population of the herd P can be approximated by P= 40 + 0.05x, Where x is the time in years since introducing the deer.
Determine the time required for the deer population to reach 220
Answer by ikleyn(52865) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    220 = 40 + 0.05x

    x =  =  = 3600.


ANSWER.  3600 years, under the given conditions.

Solved.

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The formula, of course, is not realistic: it says that the population increases by 1 animal in 20 years.

Therefore, the answer does not look realistic, too.

This problem is only good to scare people around.

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