Question

Wolves have been re-introduced to a national forest, and researchers have been modeling their population growth over a span of 10 years. In the equation below, the variable “Years Elapsed”, which is acting as the exponent of the value 1.08, represents the number of years since the wolves have been re-introduced to this forest, and will take the values 0 to 10.
 
(Wolves) = 23*1.08(Years Elapsed)
 
On average, every year the wolf population increased by

1.84 wolves

 

8 wolves

 

Correct Answer

8 percent

 

23 percent

 

You Answered

None of the above

 

Answer 1

8 percent