a. The alligator, at one time an endangered species, was the subject of a protection progr...

a. The alligator, at one time an endangered species, was the subject of a protection program. The formula

models the alligator population, P , after x years of the protection program, where 0 ≤ x ≤ 12. How long did it take the population to reach 5990 alligators?

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b. The graph of the formula modeling the alligator population is shown below. Identify your solution from part (a) as a point on the graph.