According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Brazilian Amazon had 3.69 million square kilometers of forest
cover in 1990. This amount has decreased to 3.61 million square kilometers in 1991.
a. Create an exponential function to model the millions of square kilometers of forest cover F, in terms of t, where t is
the number of years since 1990. Round to the nearest hundredth and do not use regression.
b. Determine the decay rate as a percent
c. Using your model from part a, determine the amount of forest cover in the year 2025.
d. Using your model from part a, determine in what year there will be 3 million square kilometers of forest cover left.