document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=380264>Question 380264</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I cannot figure out how to make an equation in order to solve this problem and when I do try I get an outrageously huge number that is wrong. Please help me understand this...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The fox polulation in a certain region has a relative growth rate of 9 percent per year. It is estimated that the population in the year 2000 was 15700.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Find a function that models the population t years after 2000 (t=0 for 2000).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your answer is P(t) = ____\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) Use the function from part (a) to estimate the fox population in the year 2008.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your answer is (the answer must be an integer) _____ </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " It is estimated that the population in the year 2000 was 15700.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember that an increase of 9% of a value, is the same as multiplying by 1.09,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when the increase is added to what you already have.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Find a function that models the population t years after 2000 (t=0 for 2000).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your answer is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " P(t) = 15700*1.09^t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can see when t=0, there will be no change, since 1.09^0 = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) Use the function from part (a) to estimate the fox population in the year 2008.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 8, when the year is 2008<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(t) = 15700*1.09^8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(t) = 15700*1.99256<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(t) = 31,283 foxes in 2008<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Was I able to explain this to you in a way, that you understand now? </SPAN>\n" );
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