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Title: 2 question sooner
Post by: samantacastillo on Jan 13, 2023
1) Water wisteria is an aquatic plant that is easy to care for and reproduces very quickly. A small man-made pond of 350 L contains 150 water wisteria plants. 25 new plants are introduced daily to the pond, while 100 plants are taken out once a week to be sold at local pet shops.



a.  What is the overall population change in a two-week period?

Express your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.

Answer



b.  What is the population density of water wisteria at the beginning?
Express your answer as a value between 0 and 1 rounded to two decimal places.
Answer
 plants/L






2) Once an abundant species in Alberta, the caribou population is currently staggering at approximately 6,700 individuals.



Little Smoky caribou herd is located in Northern Alberta, and its population is a risk of extirpation. In 1970, there were only 105 caribous in the Little Smoky area with a per capita growth rate of –0.301 between 1970 and 2012.



What was the population of Little Smoky caribou herd in 2012?



Express your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.


Title: Re: 2 question sooner
Post by: bio_man on Jan 13, 2023
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Title: Re: 2 question sooner
Post by: samantacastillo on Jan 14, 2023
Thanks for your help
Post Merge: A year ago

And question 2 was so helpful too thanks