Question

the game commission introduces 200 white - tailed deer into a newly acquired national game and wildlife park. the population of the herd is modeled by the graph of the rational function below, where time is measured in years. which statement about the population is true? the graph shows that the population of deer will eventually be 0. the rate at which the population of deer grows decreases as it approaches 1,500. the graph shows that the population of deer decreases over time.

Explanation:

Analyze the shape of the population - time graph. The graph is an increasing curve that levels off as it approaches a certain value. As the population approaches its carrying - capacity (in this case around 1500 as indicated by the horizontal asymptote), the growth rate slows down. The population is increasing overall and not decreasing, and it does not approach 0.

Answer:

The rate at which the population of deer grows decreases as it approaches 1,500.