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A rabbit farm had 200 rabbits in 2015. the number of rabbits increases by 30% every year. how long will it take for the rabbit population to reach 1,000?

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[tex]Approximately\:6\:years[/tex]

1) Since the initial population of rabbits consists of 200 animals and there is a constant growth of 30% so we can start out writing the exponential model for this problem, like this.

[tex]P=200(1+0.3)^t[/tex]

2) Let's plug P=1000 for the final population and solve for t:

[tex]1000=200(1+0.3)^t[/tex]

So, let's count 2015 as our first year since we don't know when there will be 1,000 rabbits.

[tex]\begin{gathered} 1000=200(1.3)^t \\ \frac{1000}{200}=\frac{200(1.3)^t}{200} \\ 5=(1.3)^t \\ \ln(5)=\ln(1.3)^t \\ \ln \left(5\right)=t\ln \left(1.3\right) \\ t=\frac{\ln \left(5\right)}{\ln \left(1.3\right)} \\ t=6.13\approx6 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Note the property of the exponents of logarithms