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Population Model with Exponential Decay

Author: Doan Nguyen

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Exercises

The population of rabbits and foxes over a 4 month span.
t, time in months	1	2	3	4
R, number of rabbits	500	?	750	?
F, number of foxes	?	?	57	50

74 foxes after 1 month.

65 foxes after 2 months.

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Population Model with Exponential Decay

Exercises

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