CS A131 Lecture 5 Nadia Ahmed Orange Coast College Computer

CS A131 Lecture 5nadia Ahmedorange Coast College Computer Sciencecs1

Write a Python program that analyzes rabbit and wolf population in an island and its influence on the grass area.

Grass area in the island grows at a constant rate every year through rains, but is gradually depleted due to continuous consumption by rabbits. Rabbit population grows at a constant rate every year but is constrained by wolves attack. Wolf population grows at a constant rate every year but rapid decline occur in regular intervals through spread of epidemic diseases. Your input section should look like the following: Enter wolf population (initial): 10 Enter rabbit population (initial): 2300 Enter total grass area, initially fertile (in sq yards): 40000 Enter wolf annual growth rate (in percentage): 20 Enter rabbit annual growth rate (in percentage): 30 Enter grass area annual growth rate (in percentage): 5 These inputs along with below constraints will be used to calculate wolf population, rabbit population and available grass area, for each year.

Sample Paper For Above instruction

```python

Analysis of Rabbit and Wolf Populations and Grass Area Dynamics in an Island Ecosystem

This program models the yearly changes in wolf and rabbit populations along with grass area

in an island ecosystem over a span of 20 years based on user inputs and specified constraints.

def main():

Input Section

initial_wolf = int(input("Enter wolf population (initial): "))

initial_rabbit = int(input("Enter rabbit population (initial): "))

initial_grass = float(input("Enter total grass area, initially fertile (in sq yards): "))

wolf_growth_rate = float(input("Enter wolf annual growth rate (in percentage): "))

rabbit_growth_rate = float(input("Enter rabbit annual growth rate (in percentage): "))

grass_growth_rate = float(input("Enter grass area annual growth rate (in percentage): "))

Initialize Variables

wolf_population = initial_wolf

rabbit_population = initial_rabbit

grass_area = initial_grass

Variables to track min/max populations and corresponding years

min_wolf = wolf_population

min_wolf_year = 0

max_wolf = wolf_population

max_wolf_year = 0

min_rabbit = rabbit_population

min_rabbit_year = 0

max_rabbit = rabbit_population

max_rabbit_year = 0

Header for Table Output

print(f"{'Year':20}{'Rabbit Population':>20}{'Available Grass Area (sq yards)':>40}")

Year 0 Initial Values

print(f"{0:20}{rabbit_population:>20}{grass_area:>40.2f}")

for year in range(1, 21):

Update Wolf Population

wolf_population = int(wolf_population * (1 + wolf_growth_rate / 100))

Every 5 years except year 1, half thewolf population due to epidemics

if year % 5 == 0 and year != 0:

wolf_population = max(0, wolf_population // 2) # ensure population doesn't go negative

Update Rabbit Population

rabbit_population = int(rabbit_population (1 + rabbit_growth_rate / 100) - wolf_population 50)

if rabbit_population

rabbit_population = 0 # rabbits can't be negative

Update Grass Area

grass_area = grass_area (1 + grass_growth_rate / 100) - rabbit_population 1.2

if grass_area

grass_area = 0 # grass area can't be negative

Update min/max populations with records

if wolf_population

min_wolf = wolf_population

min_wolf_year = year

if wolf_population > max_wolf:

max_wolf = wolf_population

max_wolf_year = year

if rabbit_population

min_rabbit = rabbit_population

min_rabbit_year = year

if rabbit_population > max_rabbit:

max_rabbit = rabbit_population

max_rabbit_year = year

Print Year Data

print(f"{year:20}{rabbit_population:>20}{grass_area:>40.2f}")

Print min/max summary

print("\nPopulation Extremes Over 20 Years:")

print(f"Wolf population was minimum at {min_wolf} in year {min_wolf_year}")

print(f"Wolf population was maximum at {max_wolf} in year {max_wolf_year}")

print(f"Rabbit population was minimum at {min_rabbit} in year {min_rabbit_year}")

print(f"Rabbit population was maximum at {max_rabbit} in year {max_rabbit_year}")

Call the main function

if __name__ == "__main__":

main()

```

References

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