A tree farm initially has

9000 trees. Each year, 10% of the trees are harvested

and 800 seedlings are planted.

a. Write a recursive rule for the number of trees on

the tree farm at the beginning of the nth year.

b. What happens to the number of trees after an

extended period of time?

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Rory Hall

22 May, 00:45

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Sasha Drake · Answer 1

y (0) = 5000

y (1) = y (0) -.1 (y (0) + 450

y (1) =.9y (0) + 450

y (n) =.9y (n-1) + 450

A tree farm initially has9000 trees. Each year, 10% of the trees are harvestedand 800 seedlings are planted.a. Write a recursive rule for the number of trees onthe tree farm at the beginning of the nth year.b. What happens to the number of trees after anextended period of time?