A Starfish Population Can Be Modeled by , Where

question 56

Multiple Choice

A starfish population can be modeled by , where is the number of individuals at time , r is the yearly rate of growth, and t is the number of years. Sketch the graph for to when the growth rate is 2.1% and is 5.5 billion. All numbers on the vertical axis are in billions. ​

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