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insens350
1 month ago
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Threatened monarch butterflies are monitored by measuring the area occupied by overwintering butterflies in Mexico. According to

data collected by World Wildlife Fund Mexico, monarch butterflies occupied 1.13 hectares one recent winter, and 4.01 hectares the following winter (one year later)1. If the population is growing geometrically and grows at the same rate, how much area should the overwintering butterflies occupy one year after that
Mathematics
1 answer:
Leona [12.6K]1 month ago
6 0

Answer:

14.2 hectares

Step-by-step explanation:

Fund Mexico reports that monarch butterflies occupied 1.13 hectares in one winter and 4.01 hectares the next winter (one year later)

The Geometric growth formula is

(Pt/ Po)^1/t

Where Pt = Size after t years = 4.01 hectares

Po = Initial size = 1.13

t = time = 1

=( 4.01/1.13 )^1/1

= 3.5486725664

Thus, the geometric growth rate is 3.5486725664.

The area they will occupy in hectares after one more year = Current area × Geometric growth rate

= 4.01 ×3.5486725664

= 14.230176991 hectares

Approximately equal to 14.2

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