SOLUTION: Please help me solve this question 2. The current bear population in a park is 10. The relative growth rate is 2% per year. (a) Find the population in 20 years. (b) Find the

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Question 1048580: Please help me solve this question
2. The current bear population in a park is 10. The relative growth rate
is 2% per year.
(a) Find the population in 20 years.
(b) Find the function that models the bear population t years from
now.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let +P+ = current population
(a)
+P+=+10%2A%28+1+%2B+.02+%29%5E20+
+P+=+10%2A1.4859+
+P+=+14.86+
There will be 15 bears in 20 yrs
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(b)
+P+=+10%2A%28+1+%2B+.02+%29%5Et+