Question

Answer 70 Points!

The local government is concerned with the population of a new predatory fish, the tiger gar, which was first observed in Lake Richmond about 5 years ago.

The following table shows the approximate number of tiger gars living in the lake since 2016

This is an example of Exponential _________.
A. Decay
B. Growth

Answer 1

The data given represents an example of Exponential Growth function

How to identify the growth or decay function?

In exponential growth, the base of the exponential function is greater than 1, causing the numbers to increase continuously.

In exponential decay, the base of the exponential function is between 1 and 0, causing the numbers to decrease continuously.

In this case, Inserting these points into an exponential regression calculator, the equation is given as follows:

`y = 322.63(1.25)^(x)`

Thus, this is clearly a growth function