SOLUTION: The surface area of a lake is 25,000,000 sq. feet. A plant currently covers 1,000 sq. feet of surface area and is doubling every month. Write an equation that represents the growth
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Question 120187: The surface area of a lake is 25,000,000 sq. feet. A plant currently covers 1,000 sq. feet of surface area and is doubling every month. Write an equation that represents the growth pattern of this plant and explain what the variables and numbers in the equasion represent, then make a graph of the equasion.
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The surface area of a lake is 25,000,000 sq. feet. A plant currently covers 1,000 sq. feet of surface area and is doubling every month. Write an equation that represents the growth pattern of this plant and explain what the variables and numbers in the equasion represent, then make a graph of the equasion.
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Area(x) = 1000(2^x) where "x" is the number of months from now.
Area(x) is the area of the covered x month from now.
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Graph:
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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