8. The current population of the giant panda is approximately 1600. Suppose the population is decreasing by 1.5% each year. a) Does this situation represent exponential growth or exponential decay? How do you know? b) Identify the initial value, rate of growth/decay and growth/decay factor Initial Value: Rate of growth/decay:_ Growth/decay factor: c) Write an equation function to model the number of pandas P(n) depending on the number of years (n).

8. The current population of the giant panda is approximately 1600. Suppose the population is decreasing by 1.5% each year. a) Does this situation represent exponential growth or exponential decay? How do you know? b) Identify the initial value, rate of growth/decay and growth/decay factor Initial Value: Rate of growth/decay:_ Growth/decay factor: c) Write an equation function to model the number of pandas P(n) depending on the number of years (n).

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter6: Exponential And Logarithmic Functions

Section6.8: Fitting Exponential Models To Data

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