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The growth of a population of squirrels is glven by the equation below where trepresents the number of years. G(t) = 350 (1.25) What is the initial population of squirrels? A (b) By what percentage is the population Increasing each year?

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G(t)=350(1.25)^t

What is the initial population of squirrels?

Evaluate the function for t = 0:


\begin{gathered} G(0)=350(1.25)^0 \\ G(0)=350(1) \\ G(0)=350 \end{gathered}

By what percentage is the population Increasing each year?​

Evaluate the function for t = 1:


\begin{gathered} G(1)=350(1.25)^1 \\ G(1)=437.5 \end{gathered}

The percent change is given by:


\begin{gathered} Percent_{\text{ }}change=\frac{New_{\text{ }}value-old_{\text{ }}value_{}}{old_{\text{ }}value}*100 \\ Percent_{\text{ }}change=(437.5-350)/(350)*100 \\ Percent_{\text{ }}change=25 \end{gathered}

The population is increasing by 25% each year.

what will be the population of squirrels after one year.roumd to nearest whole number.

Evaluate the function for t =1:


G(1)=437.5\approx438

438 squirrels

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