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2. In 1900 the population of white tailed deer in the US declined to ca. 4 million from as high as 30 million in 1450. What would be the projected population size in the year 1910 if the species did not face any environmental resistance and had an intrinsic rate of growth was 0.1 during the period of time? (Show all calculations to receive any credit) (10 Holt calculated that a deer population in one of the ranches in Stephenville was increasing by 12% every year. How long it might take for the population to double in size? (Assume exponential growth). (Show all calculations to receive any credit) (10) Paige cultured 100,000 paramecium (unicellular). Ten days later, the population grew to 500,000 paramecium cells. Calculate the intrinsic rate of increase (r) for her population. (Show all calculations to receive any credit) (10) For the above paramecium population (Q.4) above, use the exponential model of population growth to predict the size of the population after another 10 days. (Show all calculations to receive any credit) (10) 3. 4. 5.

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