Question

A population of 20 monarch butterflies colonizes a meadow. The meadow's carrying capacity for monarch butterflies is 5,000 individuals. What statement best describes the growth of the population of monarch butterflies after the meadow is colonized?

Answer 1

The growth of the monarch butterfly in the meadow will be in the form of geometric progression. Geometric progression is the progression which is defined by the progression where the multiplicity occurs in geometric order that means it occurrs either in square or cube or in that form.

Since the carrying capacity of the field is extremely high that means it is five thousand individuals so the butterfly will reproduce in geometric progression and will soon reach the carrying capacity of the meadow.