A biologist is conducting an experiment that involves a colony of fruit flies. (Biologists frequently study...
A biologist is conducting an experiment that involves a colony of fruit flies. (Biologists frequently study fruit flies because their short life span allows the experimenters to easily study several generations.) One day, there were 2,410 flies in the colony. Three days later, there were 5,680.
(a) Develop the mathematical model that represents the
population p of flies. (Write your model in terms of
t, where t is measured in days. Round the
coefficient of t to seven decimal places.)
p(t) =
(b) Use the model to predict the population after one week. (Round
your answer up to the next whole number.)
flies
(c) Use the model to predict when the population will be double its
initial size. (Round your answer to one decimal place.)
days
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