The total mass of wood in the entire forest at the start of


The number of trees in a forest is 100 million in 1997 and increasing at a rate of 0.3 million trees per year. The total mass of wood in the entire forest at the start of 1997 is 6∗10 kilograms. In 1997 the total mass was increasing at a rate of 6 % per year.

(a) What is the average mass of a tree in 1997? _____kilograms

(b) Is this average increasing or decreasing?

A. decreasing

B. increasing

(c) How quickly? ____ kilograms per year

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