Question

In Texas, the population of a species of bats is decreasing at a rate of -0.021 per year. The population was 22,000 in 2010. According to the function, A(t) = A0e(kt) , what is the predicted population in 2015?

Answer 1

Ao = 22,000
k = -.021
t = 5 years

A = 22000(e^(-.021*5)) = 19807.14