Question

PLEASE HELP NOW WILL MARK BRAINLEST FOR CORRECT ANSWER A Brazilian town near the Amazon River has experienced 7% annual decrease in size of rainforest as trees are cut down and forest is converted to farmland. In the year 2009, there were about 28,000 acres of rainforest in town. a. Write an exponential model that relates the number of acres of rainforest y as a function of t years since 2009. b. How many acres of rainforest remained in 2013 (that is, in year 4)? Show work.

Answer 1

Answer:

20(-3)

Step-by-step explanation:

Examine the graph and the map.

On the left, a bar graph titled Deforestation Trend in the Amazon Rainforest. The x-axis is labeled Acres in kilometers squared of Rainforest Lost. The y-axis is labeled Year from 2004 to 2016. 2004 lost 27,772 acres. 2005 lost 19,014 acres. 2010 lost 7,000 acres. 2012 lost 4.571 acres. 2016 lost 7,989 acres. On the right, a map titled Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest by 2016. The Amazon River is labeled. A key notes deforestation by 2016, amazon forest in 2016, and non-forest vegetation. Labeled clockwise are Roraima, Amapá, Maranhäo, Pará, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Acre, and Amazonas. Acre, Amazonas, Roraima, Amapá, Maranhäo, Mato Grosso and Rondônia are deforested by 2016. Pará, Maranhäo, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, and Rondônia have the Amazon forest in 2016. Mato Grosso, Tocantins and Maranhäo have majority of non-forest vegetation.

Which is the best conclusion about the Amazon rainforest that can be drawn from these sources?

Deforestation in the Amazon has accelerated since 2004.

Deforestation in the Amazon is no longer an important issue.

Despite population growth, the Amazon rainforest is increasing in size.

Despite positive trends, the Amazon rainforest remains in danger of destruction.

Answer 2

Answer:

a. y = 28,000×(1 - 0.07)^t

b. 20,945.46 acres

Step-by-step explanation:

a. The annual percentage decrease in in size of rainforest = 7%

The size of the rainforest in 2009 = 28,000 acres

The exponential decay formula is y = C×(1 - r)^t

Where:

y = Final Amount

C = Initial amount = 28,000 acres

r = Rate of Change = 0.07

t = Time

Which gives;

y = 28,000×(1 - 0.07)^t

b. In 2013 (year 4, t = 4), the amount of rainforest remaining is therefore;

y = 28,000×(1 - 0.07)^(4) = 28,000×0.93^4 = 20,945.46 acres

The size of the rainforest that remained in 2013 is 20,945.46 acres.