3 Question 12 (5 points)
When rabbits were introduced to the continent of Australia they quickly multiplied and spread across the continent
since there were only primitive marsupial competitors and predators to interfere with the exponential growth of their
population. The data in the following table can be used to create a model of rabbit population growth.
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Time (months)
6
3
6
9
12
No. of Rabbits
6
32
107
309
770
9
1. Find the regression equation for the rabbit population as a function of time x.
2. Write the regression equation in terms of base e.
3. Use the equation from part b to estimate the time for the rabbits to exceed 10,000.
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