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Transcribed Image Text:Blologists stocked a lake with 800 fish and estimated the carrying capacity (the maximal population
for the fish of that species in that lake) to be 7200. The number of fish grew to 930 in the first year.
a)Find an equation for the number of fish P(t) after t years
P(t) =
b) How long will it take for the population to increase to 3600 (half of the carrying capacity)?
It will take
years.
You may enter the exact value or round to 2 decimal places.
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