Your accounting table contains a column for the number of individuals in the next generation (nt+1). fill in nt+1 by looking ahead one time step to see how many individuals will be present up to t8. then divide nt+1 by nt and place this new number (nt+1/nt) into the appropriate column in your table. nt+1/nt is called the finite rate of increase because it calculate the number of new individuals produced per existing individual during that time period. you have just calculated the finite rate of increase for several one-day time intervals. however, the time interval can be any unit (i. e., one day, one week, one year, three years, etc.) the finite rate of increase can be useful in estimating the population growth rate without knowing birth or death rates. you may find this ideal for the lab. a) below is the calculated finite rate of increase over an 8-day time interval from t0 to t8: n8/n0=149/1=149b) using your worksheet data, calculate the finite rate of increase for two 3-day time intervals, from t0 to t3 and t3 to t6.