Lavania is studying the growth of a
population of fruit flies in her laboratory. She notices
that the number of fruit flies in her experiment is five
times as large after any six-day period. She observes 20
fruit flies on October 1. Write and evaluate an
expression to predict the population of fruit flies
Lavania will observe on October 31.
[tex]P=p(1+i)^{^n}[/tex]by the question data
Let
p=the initial population = x
five times as large= 5x
n= number of periods = 6
[tex]\begin{gathered} 5x=x(1+i)^6 \\ 5=(1+i)^6 \\ \sqrt[6]{5}=\text{ }\sqrt[6]{(1+i)^6} \\ \sqrt[6]{5}=1+i \\ \sqrt[6]{5}-1=i \\ 0.3076=\text{ i} \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]undefined[/tex]