The equation p = 5, 000 • 24 represents the population of an invasive fish species in a large lake, t, years since 2005, when the fish population in the lake was first surveyed.
a. What was the population in 2005?
b. For this model, what does it mean when t is –2?
c. For t = −2, is the fish population more or less than 1,000? How do you know?