SOLUTION: Suppose that 40 deer are introduced in a protected wilderness area. The population of the herd P can be approximated by P= 40 + 0.05x, Where x is the time in years since introducin

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Question 1203606: Suppose that 40 deer are introduced in a protected wilderness area. The population of the herd P can be approximated by P= 40 + 0.05x, Where x is the time in years since introducing the deer.
Determine the time required for the deer population to reach 220
Answer by ikleyn(52855) About Me  (Show Source):
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    220 = 40 + 0.05x

    x = %28220-40%29%2F0.05 = 180%2F0.05 = 3600.


ANSWER.  3600 years, under the given conditions.

Solved.

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The formula, of course, is not realistic: it says that the population increases by 1 animal in 20 years.

Therefore, the answer does not look realistic, too.


This problem is only good to scare people around.