A park biologist estimates the moose population in a national park over a four-year period of mild winters. She makes this table
a. Write a recursive formula that approximately models the growth in the moose population for this four-year period.
b. The winter of 2002 was particularly severe, and the park biologist has predicted a decline of 10% to 15% in the moose herd. What is the range of moose population she predicts for 2002?
Year Estimated number of moose
1998.....................................760
1999....................................835
2000....................................920
2001...................................1010