SOLUTION: There are 120 deer in a forest. The population of the deer doubles every 5 years. How long would it take for the deer population to reach 3840?
Options:
25 years
50 years
5
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Question 1180762: There are 120 deer in a forest. The population of the deer doubles every 5 years. How long would it take for the deer population to reach 3840?
Options:
25 years
50 years
5 years
35 years
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3840/120 = 32 = 2^5. The population doubled 5 times.
It takes 5 years for the population to double. Since the population doubled 5 times, the amount of time that passed was 5(5 years), or 25 years.
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