The population function of the Western Lowland Gorillas can either represent population growth or population decay
<h3>How to model the population</h3>
The question is incomplete, as the resources to model the population of the Western Lowland Gorillas are not given.
However, the following is a general guide to solve the question.
An exponential function is represented as:

Where:
- (a) represent the initial value i.e. the initial population of the Western Lowland Gorillas
- (r) represents the rate at which the population increases or decreases.
- (x) represents the number of years since 2022
- (y) represents the population in x years
Given that the population of the Western Lowland Gorillas decreases, then the rate of the function would be 1 -r (i.e. an exponential decay)
Take for instance:

By comparison.
a = 2000 and 1 - r = 0.98
The above function can be used to model the population of the Western Lowland Gorillas
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The proportion pop/total = 5/7 is presumed to hold for the next 500 songs.
pop/500 = 5/7
pop = 500*5/7 ≈ 357
357 of the next 500 songs downloaded are expected to be pop songs.
Answer:
$148.75
Step-by-step explanation:
$175 · 15% = $26.25
$175 - $26.25 = $148.75