SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem: Dr. Jane is studying the growing population of a species of jellyfish in a body of water. Each year, she records the population of jellyfish.

Question 1041585: Please help me solve this problem:
Dr. Jane is studying the growing population of a species of jellyfish in a body of water. Each year, she records the population of jellyfish. The first year, she recorded a population of 15 jellyfish. Every following year, the population increased by four times the previous year�s population. At this rate, what will be the jellyfish population in the 8th year of her study?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So then,

where is the year of the study.

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