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Question

Due to conservation efforts, the gray whale has been removed from the endangered species list. There are now 13,000 in the world, and the population is expected to grow by 11% yearly. Write an equation that models this scenario.

A.y = 13,000(1.89)^x 

B.y = 13,000(0.11)^x 

C.y = 13,000(0.89)^x 

D.y = 13,000(1.11)^x

Answer 1

When something increases by 11% each year, every year's population is 111% of the year before.

Starting at year 0, the population is 13,000(1.11)⁰ = 13,000

The next year, the population is 13,000(1.11)¹ = 14,430

Year 2 is 14,430(1.11), which is 13,000(1.11)(1.11), right? We have shorthand for that, 13,000(1.11)².

Year 3 is 13,000(1.11)³

etc

Your answer is D.