A Certain Region Started with 187 Wild Coyotes

question 114

Multiple Choice

A certain region started with 187 wild coyotes. Due to drought the region had only 46 coyotes remaining after 6 months. Which of the following is the 6-month decay factor (rounded to the nearest hundredth) ?

• A) 5.20
• B) 47.00
• C) 0.63
• D) 0.25
• E) 4.07

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