Question

The fox population in a certain region has an annual growth rate of 5 percent per year. It is estimated that

the population in the year 2000 was 28400.
(a) Find a function that models the population t years after 2000 (t = 0 for 2000).
Your answer is P(t)
=
(b) Use the function from part (a) to estimate the fox population in the year 2008.
Your answer is (the answer should be an integer)

Answer 1

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Explanation:

population = 28400* ( 1+.05)^t t = years past 2000

8 years from 2000 pop = 28400(1.05)^8= 41 960 foxes