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1) If a species has a (Lambda sign) of 0.75 and has a current population size...

1) If a species has a (Lambda sign) of 0.75 and has a current population size of 135, how many years will it take for the population size to go below 50? Show all work

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Nt = N0 X \lambdat

N0 - Initial population - 135

\lambda - Extnction coefficient - 0.75

t - time in years = ?

Nt = 135 X 0.754 = 135 X 0.316 = 42.71

When t = 4 the population size is 42.7 which is less than 50 hence it will take 4 years for the population to become less than 50

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