A Population Grows in a Linear Fashion

question 21

Short Answer

A population grows in a linear fashion. Suppose that the population begins (i.e. when N=0 ) with 500 individuals and after the tenth generation (i.e. when N=10 ), there are 1800 individuals. What is the value of the common difference d ?

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