SOLUTION: In a research experiment, a population of fruit flies is increasing according to the law of exponential growth. The experiment starts with 100 flies, and after 2 days there are 300

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Question 1140295: In a research experiment, a population of fruit flies is increasing according to the law of exponential growth. The experiment starts with 100 flies, and after 2 days there are 300 flies. How many flies will there be after 10 days and how long did it take for the fly population to double?
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Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number of fruit flies TRIPLES every 2 days.


10 days are 5 times by 2 days, so the number of fruit flies will grow in 3%5E5 = 243 times.


The problem is formulated in so unfortunate way, that I can not determine for myself, starting from which time moment you count these 10 days.


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