A population of migrating butterflies satisfies the equation p- 100,000 (1) where w is the number of weeks since they began their migration
a Complete the table with the population after different numbers of weeks
W
P
0
b. What is the vertical intercept of the graph? What does it tell you about the butterfly population?
100,000
c About when does the butterfly population reach 50,000?
The population reaches 50,000 a little after
weeks after the migration begins
2
3