SOLUTION: A scientist was studying the population of rabbits in a forest in East Texas. According to the scientist, over a period of 20 months, the number of rabbits doubled every 4 months.

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Question 1035301: A scientist was studying the population of rabbits in a forest in East Texas. According to the scientist, over a period of 20 months, the number of rabbits doubled every 4 months. She estimated that there were about 12,000 rabbits in the beginning of the period. How many rabbits were there at the end of the period?
A 48,000
B 192,000
C 96,000
D 250,000

Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the rabbits doubled every 4 months, at the end of 20 months there would be 20/4 doublings, so you would have:
12000*2^5=384000 rabbits!!!!!!!!