Alina is an ecologist who studies the change in the bear population of Siberia over time. The relationship between the elapsed time, t, in years, since Alina began studying the population, and the total
number of bears, N(t), is modeled by the following function:
t
N(t) = 2187 - (0.67)
Complete the following sentence about the yearly percent change of the bear population.
Every year,
% of bears are
added to / subtracted from
the bear population in Siberia.