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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A population of insects doubles every month. This particular population started out with 20 insects.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

How many months are we talkin

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ditto.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i think the equation would look more like this,

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so the starting population is p. and we know p=20. and because it doubles every month. you would multiply the population by 2 for each month it grows.

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