Tree Farm A tree farm in the year 2010 has 10,000 Douglas

Chapter 8, Problem 8.1.116

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Tree Farm A tree farm in the year 2010 has 10,000 Douglas fir trees on its property. Each year thereafter 10% of the fir trees are harvested and 750 new fir saplings are then planted in their place. (a) Write a recursive sequence that gives the current number of fir trees on the farm in the year n, with corresponding to 2010. (b) Use the recursion formula from part (a) to find the numbers of fir trees for Interpret these values in the context of the situation. (c) Use a graphing utility to find the number of fir trees as time passes infinitely. Explain your result.

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