Question

The fox population in a certain region has an annual growth rate of 7 percent per year. It is estimated that the population in the year 2000 was 12500.

(a) Find a function that models the population t years after 2000 ( for 2000).
Your answer is __________________

(b) Use the function from part (a) to estimate the fox population in the year 2008.
Your answer is (the answer must be an integer) __________________

Answer 1

Hint: work out the fox population for 2001 first, then 2002, then 2003, and you'll see how it works.

Answer 2

Got it thanks!