Question

Can you please answer this for me if you can

Between1990and 2000, the population of an endangered species decreased at a rate of 0.1% per year. the population P in year t is given by P = 1200(0.9999)^t, where t=0 corresponds to 1980. Find the population of species in 1990, 1995, 2000, and the projected population in 2010.

Answer 1

Answer:

correct formula $P = 1200*(0.999)^t$

Because:

"Between 1990 and 2000, the population of an endangered species decreased at a rate of $0.1\%$ per year."

not true.