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A population of grasshoppers quadruples in twenty days. Assuming exponential growth, if the present population is 40 million, what will
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A population of grasshoppers quadruples in twenty days. Assuming exponential growth, if the present population is 40 million, what will it be in fifty days? Answer the question by first finding the number y of grasshoppers as a function of time t(in days) in the form y=y0e^kt
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