Question

(Help please, Subject: Properties of exponents) Organisms A and B start out with the same population size.
Organism A's population doubles every day. After 5 days, the population stops
growing and a virus cuts it in half every day for 3 days.
Organism B's population grows at the same rate but is not infected with the virus.
After 8 days, how much larger is organism B's population than organism A's
population? Answer the questions td find out.
1. By what factor does organism A's population grow in the first five days? Express
your answer as an exponential expression.
Write your answer in the space below.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. 252N = ( x  x )N

2. Factor =

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the starting population size for organisms A and B be represented by N.

For organism A;

Day 0: N

Day 1: 2N

Day 2: N

Day 3: N

Day 4: N

Day 5: N

Day 6: N

Day 7: N

Day 8: N

For organism B;

Day 0: N

Day 1: 2N

Day 2: N

Day 3: N

Day 4: N

Day 5: N

Day 6: N

Day 7: N

Day 8: N

1. After the eight days, organism B's population is larger than organism A's population by;

N - N = 256N - 4N

              = 252N

              = ( x  x )N

2. Organism A's population grows by .