Decay rate as decimal: Your Answer 0.0085 You Try: The Population of Polar Bears Points Earned 1 Initial population 26000 2 of polar bears: Model 10000 1 t value for 2030 Population in 2030 Years until 10,000 bears Date for 10,000 bears 0 0 0 According to most estimates, the population of polar bears is decreasing at a rate of 0.85% per year. There were estimated to be about 26,000 polar bears living in 2008. If the population ever reaches 10,000, polar bears will be functionally extinct: there won't be enough genetic diversity left in any one place for the population to ever recover. If this decline continues, what model should we use to represent it? Write the model, using the variables Q = quantity of polar bears and t = time since 2008 in years. Be careful converting 0.85% to a decimal. Make sure you only move the decimal point over by two places. Identify the values in the table. Each answer is worth two points when correct. 0 Total Slide Score (out of 14) 4 - Remember that a decay rate is a negative r value. - Make sure your bear population is a whole number. - Write your years until the population reaches 10,000 rounded to two decimal places. -Write the Date for a population of 10,000 as a four digit year.