A biologist studying a population of geckos for several years found that the population can be modeled as where #P# is the population, and #t# is in the time in years. # P= 230( 1.04)^t# . What is the growth rate of this population?
1 Answer
Feb 28, 2017
Annual growth is
Explanation:
Take your growth equation and plug some numbers in:
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#t = 0, P = 230(1.04)^0 = 230# -
#t = 1, P = 230(1.04)^1 = 230(1.04)# -
#t = 2, P = 230(1.04)^1 = 230(1.04)^2#
You should see that there annual growth is by a factor of
So annual growth is
