In the year 1990 the number of American bald eagles was estimated to be three thousand two hundred breeding pairs. In 1994 the estimate was four thousand. Assume that the number of breeding pairs has increased at a constant rate since 1990.
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Bald eagle population since DDT was banned and the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, the number of bald eagles in the United States has increased dramatically (see figure). In the lower 48 states, the number of breeding pairs of bald eagles increased at a nearly linear rate from 1875 pairs in 1986 to 6471 pairs in 2000. a. Find a linear function $p(t)$ that models the number of breeding pairs from 1986 to $2000(0 leq t leq 14).$ b. Using the function in part (a), approximately how many breeding pairs were in the lower 48 states in 1995?
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Bald eagle population since DDT was banned and the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, the number of bald eagles in the United States has increased dramatically (see figure). In the lower 48 states, the number of breeding pairs of bald eagles increased at a nearly linear rate from 1875 pairs in 1986 to 6471 pairs in 2000. a. Find a linear function $p(t)$ that models the number of breeding pairs from 1986 to $2000(0 \leq t \leq 14).$ b. Using the function in part (a), approximately how many breeding pairs were in the lower 48 states in 1995? FIGURE CAN'T COPY
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