SOLUTION: A population of rabbits triples every 2 months. If there are 2 rabbits initially, how long will it take for the population to increase to 500 rabbits?

Question 1006436: A population of rabbits triples every 2 months. If there are 2 rabbits initially, how long will it take for the population to increase to 500 rabbits?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p for population
t for count of months

Exponential growth model,

You can plug in successive values for t and plot points and read from the graph, or you can try:

and now p=500.

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