Given that the following Exponential Function represents the population size of a certain species of birds in a park after "t" years:

You need to remember that an Exponential Function has this form:

Where "a" is the initial value, and it is an Exponential Gwroth when the base "b" is:

In this case, you can identify that:

Since:

It represents growth.
By definition, for an Exponential Growth:

Where "r" is the rate of growth (expressed in decimal form).
In this case, you can determine that:

In order to convert it to a percentage, you need to multiply the decimal number by 100:

Hence, the answers are:
• Initial population size:

• Growth.
,
• Percentage:
