A Lake Is Initially Stocked with 500 Turtles and the Turtle

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Essay

A lake is initially stocked with 500 turtles and the turtle population is sampled at 8-week intervals to estimate the population size. The table illustrates the data gathered from the sampling.
Using a graphing calculator find an appropriate curve that models the turtle population as a function of the number of weeks (round to the nearest thousandth).

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