Question

There are 5,000 fish in the pond and the population is increasing by 3.1% each year. Write an equation to determine the fish population after x years

Answer 1

If there are 5,000 fish in the pond and the population is increasing by 3.1% each year.

After one year the population would be 15500?
so
`5000=x*3.1`

Answer 2

The estimate fish population in a pond is given by
the function P(t)=5,000(1.021)tP(t)=5,000(1.021)t.
The pouplation will be 10,00010,000