A New Species, Introduced into an Environment in Which It

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A new species, introduced into an environment in which it has no natural predators, grows exponentially with continuous growth rate k=0.095 per year. There are initially 45 individuals introduced. Write the formula for , the number of individuals after t years and use it to find how many years will it take for the population to reach 300 individuals. Round to 2 decimal places.

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