document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=876159>Question 876159</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The deer population of a game preserve is decreasing by 2% per year. The original population was 1850. Write an exponential decay function to model the situation. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is it y=1850(0.98)^t ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if so, please show work! Please  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #528597 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=528597\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Yes, that would be the model.  You can find that model if you go step by step for each year.  Try doing that!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Year Count______Population<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0_______________1850<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1______________1850*0.98<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2______________1850*0.98*0.98<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Keep going until you see what this formula rule is. </SPAN>\n" );
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