Question: In November 2010, a "tiger summit" was held in St. Petersburg, Russia.28 In 1900, there were 100,000 wild tigers worldwide; in 2010 the number was 3200.
(a) Assuming the tiger population has decreased exponentially, find a formula for f(t), the number of wild tigers t years since 1900.
(b) Between 2000 and 2010, the number of wild tigers decreased by 40%. Is this percentage larger or smaller than the decrease in the tiger population predicted by your answer to part (a)?