SOLUTION: There is a Covid - 19 Pandemic in the world. This appeared in Ghana and affected 5 people. Corvid - 19 affects 2 people a day. How long does it take for there to be 1,000,0

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Question 1163978: There is a Covid - 19 Pandemic in the world. This appeared in Ghana
and affected 5 people. Corvid - 19 affects 2 people a day. How long
does it take for there to be 1,000,000 covid - 19 affected people in
Ghana also how many covid - 19 people will there be on day 8 ?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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There is a Covid - 19 Pandemic in the world. This appeared in Ghana
and affected 5 people. Corvid - 19 affects 2 people a day.
How long does it take for there to be 1,000,000 covid - 19 affected people in
Ghana
(1000000 - 5)/2 days
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also how many covid - 19 people will there be on day 8 ?
5 + 2*8 = 21
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Seems unrealistic.

Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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It seems unrealistic  (and it is unrealistic),  because the formulation of the problem is incorrect.


To learn the subject wider and deeper, see this Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic


To learn on relevant terminology,  see this Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number


When you learn the terminology,  you will be in position to create  (to compose)  your own problems on the subject.