Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 452

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-Conservationists tagged 130 black-nosed rabbits in a national forest in 1990. In 1,991, they tagged 260 black-nosed rabbits in the same range. If the rabbit population follows the exponential law, how many rabbits
Will be in the range 9 years from 1990?

• A) 66,560
• B) 281
• C) 133,120
• D) 140

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Definitions:

Population Growth

The increase in the number of individuals in a population, often measured as the rate at which the number of individuals increases over a specific period of time.

Population Decline

A reduction in the number of people in a particular area, which could be caused by factors like low birth rates, high death rates, migration, or disease.

Average Annual Rate

The average yearly interest rate on investments or loans, taking into account the effect of compounding.

Strip Bond

A debt security that has had its principal and coupon payments separated, or "stripped", to be sold individually.