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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

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in part b we get a negative value of male alatesThis indicatesthat at t 11    See Answer
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