Answer:
The equation would be P(t) = 280t + 3310
The estimated number of moose in 2008 would be 8350 moose.
Explanation:
First we will have to find out by how much will the number of moose increase each year. In order to do that we the number by which the population of moose increase, by the difference between 1991 and 1999. And so we get...
Now that we know by how much the number of moose increases each year, we can make the following equation...
Let "t" be the number of years from 1990, then...
P(t) = 280t + 3310
(if you are wondering why is it 3310, it is because you have to put in the number of moose that was there in 1990 and you can get that number by substracting 280 from the number of moose in 1991).
Based on the linear relation we figured out, the number of moose in 2008 would be predicted to be...
P(t) = 280t + 3310
P(2008 - 1990) = 280(2008 - 1990) + 3310
P (18) = 280(18) + 3310
P(18) = 8350