Find the number of hectares destroyed in a particular year

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Question: Deforestation one of the major causes of rain forest deforestation is agricultural and residential development. The number of hectares destroyed in a particular year t can be modeled by

y = -3.91435 + 2.62196 ln t

where t = 0 represents 1950.

(a) Find y'(t).

(b) Find and interpret y(50) and y'(50).

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