On the basis of data collected during an experiment, a biologist found that the growth of a fruit fly population ( Drosophila ) with a limited food supply could be approximated by N(t) = 800 1 + 39e...

On the basis of data collected during an experiment, a biologist found that the growth of a fruit fly population (Drosophila) with a limited food supply could be approximated by

N(t) =

800

1 + 39e^−0.18t

wheret denotes the number of days since the beginning of the experiment.

(a)

What was the initial fruit fly population in the experiment?

flies

(b)

What was the population of the fruit fly colony on thet = 17 day? (Round your answer to the nearest integer.)

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