Gray Wolves Revisited The United States Fish and Wildlife

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Gray Wolves Revisited The United States Fish and Wildlife Service regularly monitors trends in the population of endangered species By modeling changes in the population they can determine if intervention is necessary for the survival of certain species Your work in class examined the gray wolf a protected species that currently resides in Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan 2 Populations in the three states are monitored regularly to determine if the populations are experiencing growth or decline The gray wolf population in Minnesota was 3 020 in 2004 and 2 278in 2016 3 2U S Fish and Wildlife Service 2020 Gray wolves Western Great Lakes states Retrieved from https www fws gov midwest wolf history index html 3U S Fish and Wildlife Service 2020 Gray wolves Western Great Lakes states Retrieved from https www fws gov midwest wolf population mi wi nos html Assume that the gray wolf population in Minnesota can be modeled using a linear function Part A Is the gray wolf population increasing or decreasing Make sure you can explain why decreasing there is not enough information to tell increasing Part B What is the rate of change of the wolf population per year Round your answer to the thousandths place Answer wolves per year Part C Write a formula for the linear model M t that predicts the gray wolf population in Minnesota t years after 2004