A Continuously Growing Population of Bears Has a Population Size

question 50

Multiple Choice

A continuously growing population of bears has a population size of 500 and its intrinsic rate of increase is r = 0.07 per year. Assuming that this rate of increase remains the same, about how long should it take for the population to reach 1,000? (Note: The natural logarithm of 2 is about 0.70.)

• A) 5 years
• B) 10 years
• C) 14 years
• D) 20 years

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