SOLUTION: The fox population in a certain region has a continuous growth rate of 5 percent per year. It is estimated that the population in the year 2000 was 20200.
(a) Find a function th
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Question 1197975: The fox population in a certain region has a continuous growth rate of 5 percent per year. It is estimated that the population in the year 2000 was 20200.
(a) Find a function that models the population
t years after 2000 ( t=0 for 2000).Your answer is P(t)=
(b) Use the function from part (a) to estimate the fox population in the year 2008.
Your answer is (the answer must be an integer)
(a) The function is P(t) = = ,
where t is the number of years after 2000. ANSWER
(b) The fox population in the year 2008, 8 years after 2000, is
P = = 29844.6 = 29845 (rounded). ANSWER
Solved.
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