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A population of deer has a carrying capacity of 875 deer, with a maximum rate of increase of 1.0 per individual per year. Using the logistic population growth model, what is the approximate population growth rate for a population of 420 deer?
148 deer per year
218 deer per year
307 deer per year
474 deer per year

User Emmanuel Loisance
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Answer:

218!

Step-by-step explanation:

took the flvs test and got it correct

User Telenoobies
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Answer:

Option B, 218 deer per year

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know


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Where K is the carrying capacity

K is the rate constant

dP/dt is the change in population per unit time and

P is the population

Substituting the given values we get


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Option B is correct

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