Mathematics

Cailyn Frost

24 January, 04:43

Scientists studied two animal populations. Function f (x) = 830 (0.8) ^x models a bear population in a given region x years after the study began. The table models the cougar population in the same region.

Year after study began: 0, 1, 2, 6, 15

Cougar population: 790, 735, 683, 511, 266

In the year the study began, how many more bears than cougars were in the given region.