Australia experienced a major pest problem in the early 20th century. The pest? Rabbits. In 1859, 24 rabbits were
released by Thomas Austin at Barwon Park. In 1926, there were an estimated 10 billion rabbits in Australia.
Needless to say, the Australian government spent a tremendous amount of time and money to get the rabbit
problem under control. (To find more on this topic, visit Australia’s Department of Environment and Primary
Industries website under Agriculture.)
a. Based only on the information above, write an exponential function that would model Australia’s rabbit
population growth.