The number of male alates​ (winged ants) in an ant colony hasbeen found to be approximately a linear function of the age of the​colony, with a
66​-year-old
colony having
8.78.7
alates on​ average, and a
1818​-year-old
colony having
30.330.3
alates on average.
a. | Write the number of male alates​ (y) as a linear function of theage of the colony in years​ (t). |
b. | A oneone​-year-old colony typically has no alates. What does the formula found in parta​ predict? |
c. | Assuming that the linear function found in part a continues tobe​ accurate, how old would a colony be expected to be before ithas about 4141 male​ alates? |
a.
yequals=nothing
