The fruit fly population in a certain laboratory triples every day. Today there are 200 fruit flies.
a. Make a table showing the number of fruit flies
present for the first 4 days (today is day 0,
tomorrow is day 1, etc.).
b. Find a function of the form f(x) = Pa' that
describes the fruit fly population at time x days.
c. What is the growth factor here (that is, by what
number must each day's population be
multiplied to obtain the next day's population)?
d. How many fruit flies will there be a week from
now?
48.