A population of wolves on an island starts at 5 if the population doubles every 10 years, what will

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    A population of wolves on an island starts at 5 if the population doubles every 10 years, what will be the population in 90 years?

    If the population doubles every 10 years, we have 90/10 = 9 doubling periods.

    Our population function P(t) is where t is the doubling period
    P(t) = 5(2^t)

    The problem asks for P(9):
    P(9) = 5(2^9)
    P(9) = 5(512)
    P(9) = 2,560
     

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