Question 29

(Multiple Choice)

Suppose a fish has just reached sexual maturity and is able to produce 10 eggs per month. It can either reproduce immediately or it can continue to grow. If it continues to grow, it can increase the number of eggs it can produce by 5 per month for every month it delays reproduction. If it delays reproduction for another 6 months, it can lay _______ eggs each month. It could have produced _______ eggs if it had started reproducing immediately and produced eggs for all of those six months.


A) 30; 30
B) 30; 60
C) 40; 30
D) 40; 60

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