Chapter 4 Percentages Homework

Question

The fox population in a certain region has a relative growth rate of 8 percent per year. It is estimated that the population in the year 2000 was 13500.

1. a) Find a function that models the population tt years after 2000 (t=0t=0 for 2000).
2. P(t)=P(t)=   
3. b) Use the function from part (a) to estimate the fox population in the year 2008. Round to the nearest fox.
4.  foxes

Answer 1

P(t)=13500(1.08)^t

I will leave to you the computation for 2008.