The decreasing population, p, of owls in a national park is being monitored by
ecologists and is modeled by the equation p=-0.4
+ 1286 +1,200, where t is the number of months
since the ecologists started observing the owls.
a. If this model is accurate, when will the
population reach its maximum?
b. What is the maximum population? Round to
the nearest whole number.
c. Use the equation to determine in how
many months the population of owls will
disappear.