Asked by Rylee

The Mexican long-tongued bat population is an endangered species, which decreases at a rate of 3.5% per year in a wildlife preserve that currently has 80 of them.

What type of function will model the population?

A)constant
B)exponential growth
C)linear decay
D)linear growth
E)exponential decay

Is it E)?

Answered by Reiny
Well,
we know it can't be A, since it is changing
we know it can't be B, since it is not growing
not C or D, since it clearly is not linear.

is it exponential ? yes
Is it decay, is it getting less ? Yes

so .....
Answered by Rylee
okay thank you