Question

The number of wild sheep on a mountain can be modeled with an exponential function. In the first count, there are

Answer 1

Answer:

340 sheep.

Step-by-step explanation:

There is a decrease of 640 - 576 = 64 sheep in the first year.

This is 1/10 of the previous year, so the number in year 2 is 0.90 of the number of sheep in year 1, so a model for this  could be:

640(0.90)^x where x is the year.

So after 6 years the estimate would be 640 *(0.90)^6

= 340 sheep.