You Are Studying a Population of Mice

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Short Answer

You are studying a population of mice. The starting population size is 200 adults. Following reproduction, 10% of adults die. The birth rate is 15% and the emigration rate is 30%, but only very young individuals disperse. The population receives 44 immigrants, existing adults reproduce and then some die, and of the offspring that are produced some emigrate. What is the total population size following reproduction, death of adults, birth of young, emigration of young, and immigration of outsiders?

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