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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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
r=4/(-2)=-2
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
For ellipses, the length of the major axis is represents as:
Major axis = 
where
is called the semi-major axis.
In this case since the major axis is equal to 10 units:

solving for the semi-major axis
:

and also the minor axis of an ellipse is represented as:
Minor axis = 
where
is called the semi-minor axis.
Since the minor axis has a length of 8 units:

solving for b:

Now we can use the equation for an ellipse centered at the origin (0,0):

and substituting the values for
and
:

and finall we simplify the expression to get the equation of the ellipse:

Answer:
S=D/T
34/15=2.26 mph
Step-by-step explanation: