SOLUTION: The population of mosquitos at a local pond triples every hour. If there were 120 mosquitos at the first count predict the number of mosquitos in 12 hours.
I think:
120x3=360
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Question 919869: The population of mosquitos at a local pond triples every hour. If there were 120 mosquitos at the first count predict the number of mosquitos in 12 hours.
I think:
120x3=360(1hr)
360x3=1080+360=1440(2hr)
1440x3=4320+1440=5760(3hr)
5760x3=17280+5760=23040(4hr)
23040x3=69120+23040=92160(5hr)
92160x3=276480+92160=368640(6hr)
368640x3=1105920+368640=1474560(7hr)
1474560x3=4423680+1474560=5898240(8hr)
5898240x3=17694720+5898240=23,592,960(9hr)
23592960x3=70778880+23592962=94,371,840(10hr)
94371840x3=(11hr)
(12hr)
am I doing this correctly? please help :)
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The population of mosquitos at a local pond triples every hour. If there were 120 mosquitos at the first count predict the number of mosquitos in 12 hours.
I think:
120x3=360(1hr)
360x3=1080+360=1440(2hr)
1440x3=4320+1440=5760(3hr)
5760x3=17280+5760=23040(4hr)
23040x3=69120+23040=92160(5hr)
92160x3=276480+92160=368640(6hr)
368640x3=1105920+368640=1474560(7hr)
1474560x3=4423680+1474560=5898240(8hr)
5898240x3=17694720+5898240=23,592,960(9hr)
23592960x3=70778880+23592962=94,371,840(10hr)
94371840x3=(11hr)
(12hr)
am I doing this correctly? please help :)
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You got the 1st hour right.
The 2nd hour is 360*3 = 1080.
Don't add 360 to it.
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P(t) = 120*3^t
At t = 12 hours:
P(t) = 120^3^12 = 120*531441
P(12) = 63772920
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p, population after time t
t, time passage in hours
120, initial number of mosquitos at t=0
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Taken using "triple each hour".
t=0, p=120
t=1, p=120*3^1=120*3=360
t=2, p=120*3*3=1080
Read your description carefully: "population of mosquitos triples every hour."
The question is to find p for .
Probably best to either use table of logarithms or scientific calculator.
Do you want to compute ?
, better in keeping with three significant figures.
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