A study of black bears in the Adirondacks reveals that their population can be represented by the function , where is the number of years since the study began. Write a function that models the monthly growth rate (to the nearest hundredth of a percent) of the black bear population

Step-by-step explanation:

The missing value of the given function is:

where

t = no. of years since study began

∴

Per year, the function can be written as:

For monthly growth rate m = 12

Since you want to find p, you're looking for an equation that has

p = <something>

Generally, cost functions multiply the unit cost by the number of units. Here, you're told the number of units is represented by b, so you will be looking for an equation of the form

p = (unit cost)(b)

The last selection has this form

p = 10.50b