Edith suffers from depression. she has been using antidepressants for years with little effect but has resisted her therapist's recommendation to undergo ect. more recently, though, edith's therapist has been suggesting a new procedure that calms the area of the brain normally overexcited in people who are depressed. this procedure is known as:

The function to represent the increasing number of rabbits per yer is

Solution:

The number of rabbits released each year is 8.

During 0 year, there will be 8 rabbits;

During year 1, the number of rabbits will be (or)

Similarly, during the year 2, the number of rabbits will be or

So, according to the pattern we can conclude that the function would be  

where x is the number of years.

On year 4, the total number of rabbits will be = 128