SOLUTION: A population of butterflies grow in such a way that each generation is simply 1.5 times the previous generation. There were 350 butterflies in the first generation, how many will t

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Question 1068922: A population of butterflies grow in such a way that each generation is simply 1.5 times the previous generation. There were 350 butterflies in the first generation, how many will there be by the 19th generation?

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A population of butterflies grow in such a way that each generation is simply 1.5 times the previous generation.
There were 350 butterflies in the first generation, how many will there be by the 19th generation?
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350%2A1.5%5E19+=+775893 butterflies after 19 generations