document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252496>Question 252496</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A breeding pair of rats produced 12 baby rats (6 female<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 6 male) in January. There were 14 rats at that time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In February, each female-male pair of rats again bred<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 baby rats. The total number of rats was then 98. In<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this way, each month, the parents, their children, their<BR>\n" );
document.write( "grandchildren, and so forth, breed 12 baby rats each. How <BR>\n" );
document.write( "many rats would there be at the end of one year?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #184467 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><B>drk(1908)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drk><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=184467\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> WHat we have is an exponential growth function:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = 2(7)^n, where n is the number of months >=0.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = 0 - -> R = 2(7)^0 = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 1 - -> R = 2(7)^1 = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 2 - -> R = 2(7)^2 = 98<BR>\n" );
document.write( ". . .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 12 - -> R = 2(7)^12 = 27,682,574,402. </SPAN>\n" );
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