SOLUTION: Topics In Contemporary Math Exponential Growth 3) The population of Formics (an alien, ant-like species) grows by 13% per day after they invaded Earth. If the initial invadi

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Question 1190096: Topics In Contemporary Math
Exponential Growth
3) The population of Formics (an alien, ant-like species) grows by 13% per day after they
invaded Earth. If the initial invading force included 300 Formics, how many would there
be after 11 days?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Start with the formula:
f%28t%29+=+a%281+%2B+r%29%5Et
given:
a=300
r=0.13
t=11
f%2811%29+=+300%281+%2B0.13%29%5E11
f%2811%29+=+300%281.13%29%5E11
f%2811%29+=+1150.76