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 10 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 started reproducing immediately and produced eggs for all of those six months.
A) 30; 60
B) 40; 30
C) 70; 30
D) 70; 60

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If the fish delays reproduction for 6 months, it can increase its egg production by 10 eggs per month for each month delayed, resulting in 10 + (10 * 6) = 70 eggs per month. If it started reproducing immediately, it would produce 10 eggs per month for 6 months, totaling 10 * 6 = 60 eggs.

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