Question: Please answer numbers 1 through 5. Please explain how to solve this problem in Excel (inverse of a matrix and matrix multiplication). In 1991, the

Please answer numbers 1 through 5. Please explain how to solve this problem in Excel (inverse of a matrix and matrix multiplication).

Please answer numbers 1 through 5. Please explain
In 1991, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed logging res1rictions on nearly 12 million acres of Pacic Northwest forest to help save the endangered northern spotted owl. This decision caused considerable controversy between the logging industry and environmentalists. Mathematical ecologists created a mathematical model to analyze the population dynamics of the spotted owl.1 They divided the female owl population into three categories: juvenile (up to 1 year old}, subadult (1 to 2 years old), and adult (over 2 years old}. Suppose that in a certain region there are currently 2950 female spotted owls made up of 650 juveniles, 200 subadults, and 2100 adults. The ecologists used matrices to project the changes in the population from year to year. The original numbers can be displayed in the column matrix. x, = 200 2100 650 l The populations after one year are given by the column matrix x1: 117 2116 693 ] The subscript 1 tells us that the matrix gives the population after one year. The names of the matrices for subsequent years will have subscripts 2, 3, 4, etc. 1. How many subadult females are there after one year? 2. Did the total population of females increase or decrease during the first year? Let A denote the matrix 0 II] .33 A = .18 0 0 .171 .94 According to the mathematical model, subsequent population distributions are generated by multiplication on the le: by A. That is, AXE] = X1; AX1 = X2: M2 = X3; 3. Calculatethecolumn matrices Xz. X3. X4. X5- 4. Following the same model, calculate the column matrix X10 given that 110 1784 X11 = 599 l 5. Comment on what do you think is happening to the population of female spotted owls

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