Awildlife biologist is trying to predict what will happen to a bear population if bear hunting is banned. he had the equations all worked out but then realized that he had grossly underestimated the amount of food available to the bears. to make his prediction more accurate he should the value of in his equation. (consider food to be a factor that limits the size of the bear population.)
a. decrease k
b. increase k
c. decrease n
d. increase n
e. decrease r

Increase K (B)

Explanation:

Since the amount of food available is more than estimated, when equated to their population (N). It's safer to increase the carrying capacity of the ecosystem (K) in order to properly predict the rate at which the bear population would grow.

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