The fish population of lake henry is decreasing at a rate of 4% per year. in 2002 there were about 1,250 fish. write an exponential decay function to model this situation then find the population in 2008?
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I found
Explanation:
I tried considering 2002 as the time
In 2008 we will have
Explanation:
A loss of
#p(t) = 1250 * 0.96^t#
where
#0.96^6 ~~ 0.7828#
so
If we want to express this in terms of
#ln p(t) = ln (1250*0.96^t) = ln(1250) + t ln (0.96)#
Then taking exponents:
#p(t) = e^(ln p(t)) = e^(ln(1250) + t ln (0.96)) = 1250 e^(ln(0.96)t)#
#ln(0.96) ~~ -0.040822#
So:
#p(t) ~~ 1250 e^(-0.040822t)#