document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1128729>Question 1128729</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider this scenario: For each year t, the population of a forest of trees is represented by the function <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A(t) = 114(1.027)^t.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In a neighboring forest, the population of the same type of tree is represented by the function <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B(t) = 86(1.029)^t.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If forest A had the greatest number of trees, how many trees did it have initially?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question that is asked is nonsense.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"initially\" means at time 0 (t=0).<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "the question asks how many trees forest A had initially; at t=0 it had 114 trees.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of trees that forest B had initially has nothing to do with answering the question that is asked.  The phrase \"if forest A had the greatest number of trees\" is superfluous. </SPAN>\n" );
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