Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Bunny Population!

A. Time vs. Population
      I decided to do my example on seeing the growth rate population of bunnies.

B. In this experiment, we will be seeing how much the bunny population grows in a period of 7  
     months.
C.
Months (t) Population Growth of Bunnies (g)
 1 2
2 4
3 8
4 16
5 32
6 64
7 128

D.
 

E. The three secants can be obtained from these 3 points taken from the table/ graph above.
      Points:   D(4,16) E(5,32) F(6, 64)
                 o ROC Point DE (4,16) (5,32)
                        (32-16)/ (4-3) = 16
                 o ROC Point EF (5,32) (6,64) 
                        (64-32)/ (6-5) = 32
       After calculating the secant lines, it seems that the ARC doubles as every month passes. This
       means that, as time passes, the bunny population will double in size every month. The bunny 
       population in this experiment seems to thrive and not fear endangerment.
          
F.
G. (2,4)(3,8)
        (8-4)/(3-2)= 4
This means that from month 2 to month 3, the amount of bunnies went from just 2 bunnies to having 4. It shows that there is a consistent doubling in the population.

H. From this data, we can determine that as the months go by, the population size of the bunnies will double as each month goes by. This shows that as it gets further into the year, the bunny population will significantly increase in size. As the numbers get larger, the values become closer to the secant line.



2 comments:

  1. I enjoyed reading your explanation of growth rate of bunnies example
    you did great job in expelling the rate of change with table and chart good job!

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  2. anita,

    bunnies!!! yay! i like your topic because i like bunnies. your graphs and tables are organized well and easy to read. in your intro, you didn't include the exact time frame that you wanted to look at so it made it a little confusing to follow your secant line calculations. if you wanted to look at the point t = 3 months, then your calculations should have been centered around that point. in other words, you should have calculated from 3 to 4, 3 to 5, and 3 to 6. later on in the post, your tangent line calculation is for t = 4, so i am guessing that is the point that you wanted to talk about. but because the values for the secants are not consistent, they don't really relate to your tangent value.

    it was fun to see just how crazy fast bunnies reproduce, though. sheesh! let me know if you have questions about your calculation errors.

    professor little

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