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6.1 Exercise 18

Avg difficulty 2.5

A wolf population is growing exponentially. In 2011, $129$ wolves were counted. By $\text{2013},$ the population had reached 236 wolves. What two points can be used to derive an exponential equation modeling this situation? Write the equation representing the population $N$ of wolves over time $t .$

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