A population numbers 14,000 organisms initially and grows by 12.7% each year.

Question

A population numbers 14,000 organisms initially and grows by 12.7% each year.

Suppose P represents population, and t the number of years of growth. An exponential model for the population can be written in the form P = a ⋅ b t where

P =

Answer 1

P(t)=14000*e^0.237t

14,000 is the initial value, 0.237 is the growth rate, and t is the time elapsed. The growth rate had to be expressed in decimal form.