Gray wolves in Wisconsin: Gray wolves were among the first mammals protected under the Endangered Species Act in the 1970s. Wolves recolonized in Wisconsin beginning in 1980. Their population has...

Gray wolves in Wisconsin: Gray wolves were among the first mammals protected under the Endangered Species Act in the 1970s. Wolves recolonized in Wisconsin beginning in 1980. Their population has grown reliably since 1985 as follows:

a. Explain why an exponential model may be appropriate.

b. Are these data exactly exponential? Explain.

c. Find an exponential model for these data.

d. Plot the data and the exponential model.

e. Comment on your graph in part d. Which data points are below or above the number predicted by the exponential model?