Answer:
y=40
Step-by-step explanation:
The simplest form of
6
2
is
3
1
.
Steps to simplifying fractions
Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
GCD of 6 and 2 is 2
Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
6 ÷ 2
2 ÷ 2
Reduced fraction:
3
1
Therefore, 6/2 simplified to lowest terms is 3/1.
Since <em>x</em> is the number of 14-year periods, the first thing we do is divide 28 years by 14. 28/14=2. Now we use that in our function,
.
There will be 220 foxes after 28 years.
Your insight that the function values differ by 5 every time is very important. So your f(x) will contain 5x as a term. You have to find a constant to add or subtract to make sure f(1)=-2.
f(x) = 5x-7 does the job.
