📘 exponential decay

1. **State the problem:** The bird population is decreasing by 2% per year. We need to find the decay factor. 2. **Formula and explanation:** The decay factor for a percentage decr

1. **State the problem:** We want to find the predicted area of the Amazon rainforest 100 years after the end of a 50-year period, given it decreased by 20% over those 50 years and

1. **State the problem:** We are given the population model $$P(t) = 144000(0.928)^t$$ where $t$ represents the number of years since a starting point (presumably 0 at some base ye

1. **State the problem:** The forestland is decreasing by 2% per year. We start with 4,500,000 acres and want to find the amount after 5 years. 2. **Formula used:** For exponential