Question

the decreasing number of wolves in the northern section of the southern the function p(t) = 80(0.956)t. In the function p(t) explain what 80 and 0.956 represent

Answer 1

The general form of the population or exponential decay is:

`p(t)=p_0(1-i)^t`

where p(t) is the population of wolve in time, p0 is the initial population and (1-i) is the rate of decay.

so 80 means the initial population of wolves

and 0.956 is the rate of decay