5. The Florida panther population in northwestern Florida and central Florida, f(b), can be predicted by the function Ab) = 2,721(1.056, where
b is the number of years since 1995.
What does the value 2,721 represent in this context?
A. the predicted increase in the number of Florida panthers in the region
each year
B. the number of Florida panthers in the region in 1995
C. the year when the Florida panther population is predicted to stop
increasing
D. the percentage the Florida panther population is predicted to increase
each year