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There are 1,000 fish in a lake. Each year the population declines by 15%, but afterward, the lake is restocked with 500 aditional fish. Write a recursive rule to find the number of fish in the lake for any year

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We begin with 1,000 fish in a lake.
Each year the population declines to 15%
Then they put back 500 fish in the lake.

The equation: (1000 * .85) +500
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