The fox population in a certain region has a continuous growth rate of 6 percent per year. It is estimated that the population in the year 2000 was 9800.

(a) Find a function that models the population t years after 2000 ( t = 0 for 2000). Your answer is P ( t ) =

(b) Use the function from part (a) to estimate the fox population in the year 2008. Your answer is (the answer must be an integer)