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The equation represents the population of an invasive fish species in a large lake, years since 2005, when the fish population in the lake was first surveyed. Use the '^' symbol to enter an exponent.
What was the population in 2005?
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5,000, because .
What is this value of the population in 2005 in scientific notation?
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For this model, what does it mean when is –2?
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It means 2 years before 2005, which is 2003.
For , is the fish population more or less than 1,000? How do you know?
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More than 1,000. For yeilds .
Write the value of the fish population when in scientific notation.
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