3 Solve using technology: g 3°+5=50 h 60+ 10 x (1.5)* = 80 i 20+ 80 x (0.75)* = 30 ‘An entomologist monitoring a grasshopper plague notices that the area affected by the grasshoppers is given by A(n) = 1000 x (1.15)" hectares, where n is the number of weeks afer the initial observation. a Find the original affected area. Find the affected area after: | S weeks —_ifil_10 weeks. ¢ Draw the graph of the affected area over time. 4 Use your graph or technology to find how long it will take for the affected area to reach 8000 hectares. 6 In 1998, 200 bears were introduced to a lange island off Alaska where previously there were no bears. ‘The population increased exponentially according. to B(t) = Bo xa, where a >0 isa constant and ¢ is the time in years since the introduction. a. Find Bo In 2000 there were 242 bears. Find a, and interpret ‘your answer € Find the expected bear population in 2018. _ Find the expected percentage increase in population, from 2008 to 2018. @ How long will it take for the population to reach 2000? When a diesel-electric generator is switched off, the current dies away according to the formula 1(@) = 24 x (0.25)! amps, where tis the time in seconds after the power is cut. a Find I(t) when t=0, 1, 2, and 3, © What current flowed in the generator at the instant it was switched off? ¢ Plot the graph of J(t) for ¢ > 0 using the information above. Use your graph or technology to find how long it takes for the current to reach 4 amps.