A new species of fish is released into a lake, and the fish multiply quickly, The growth of their population is modeled by the exponential function P(t) = 7bl, where t is the time in weeks after the release and b is a positive unknown base. After observing the
population growth over a few weeks, the exponential function P(t) 7(2)t is used to model the growth. Interpret the significance of
2 in the function as it applies to the situation.