8. \begin{figure}[h] \end{figure} The number of rabbits on an island is modelled by the equation $$P = \frac { 100 \mathrm { e } ^ { - 0.1 t } } { 1 + 3 \mathrm { e } ^ { - 0.9 t } } + 40 , \quad t \in \mathbb { R } , t \geqslant 0$$ where \(P\) is the number of rabbits, \(t\) years after they were introduced onto the island.
A sketch of the graph of \(P\) against \(t\) is shown in Figure 3.

1. Calculate the number of rabbits that were introduced onto the island.
2. Find \(\frac { \mathrm { d } P } { \mathrm {~d} t }\) The number of rabbits initially increases, reaching a maximum value \(P _ { T }\) when \(t = T\)
3. Using your answer from part (b), calculate
   1. the value of \(T\) to 2 decimal places,
   2. the value of \(P _ { T }\) to the nearest integer.
      (Solutions based entirely on graphical or numerical methods are not acceptable.) For \(t > T\), the number of rabbits decreases, as shown in Figure 3, but never falls below \(k\), where \(k\) is a positive constant.
4. Use the model to state the maximum value of \(k\).