Question

suppose a population of 250 crickets doubles in size every 3 months. How many crickets will there be after 2 years ?

Answer 1

24 / 3 = 8
250 * 2 = 500
500 * 24 = 12000

Answer 2

how many months in 2 years?

Answer 3

the above answer is not right, btw

Answer 4

24 @satellite73

Answer 5

ok and \(24\div 3=8\) sor sure
but that means it doubles 8 times !

Answer 6

okay

Answer 7

instead of doubling 8 times, by writing \[250,500,1000,...\] it is easier to compute
\[250\times 2^8\]

Answer 8

that was right.