2) Explain in your own words, what would happen to the size of the squirrel population if all of the badgers in the environment were eliminated? Why?
3) Explain in your own word, what would happen to the size of the wildflower population if
all of the badgers in the environment were eliminated? Why?

4) The badger has no predators in this environment, what limits the badger population from
continuous population growth?

answer: at 24 february, 2014 the population gets twice of its initial population.

explanation:

since we have given that

the population for alpha city, t years after january 1, 2004 is given as

first we find out the initial population, i.e. t=0,

so, our quadratic equation becomes,

according to question, we have said that if the population has twice its initial population, then it becomes

so, time taken to reach this above mentioned population is given by

now, we know that time can't be negative so, we take t=9.149 years.

hence, at 24 february, 2014 the population gets twice of its initial population.

the answer is the index of refraction of the second medium is higher. i just took the test.

tbh i don't know the answer for this question