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The deer population at the local reserve grows exponentially. The current population is 125 deer and the relative growth rate is 16% per yea
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The deer population at the local reserve grows exponentially. The current population is 125 deer and the relative growth rate is 16% per year. Find the number of years required for the deer population to be 400.
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Answer:
About 7.84 years before the deer population is 400
Step-by-step explanation:
So first we write our equation
125(1.16)^x = 400
Then we divide all sides by 125
1.16^x=3.2
x log 1.16 = log 3.2
06445798922x=0.50514997832
x= 7.83688700862
7.83688700862 years to go!