Question

Sterile fruit flies are used in an experiment where the proportion that survives at least days is given by . if the experiment begins with 200 fruit flies, and flies are added at the rate of 5 per hour, how many flies are present 14 days after the start of the experiment?

Answer 1

Number of fruit flies after 14 days is equal to 1880.

Explanation:

given,

fruit flies at the beginning of the experiment = 200 fruit flies

rate of increase of fruit flies = 5 per hour

to calculate the number of flies after 14 days.

time = 14 days = 14 × 24 = 336 hours

flies after 14 days = initial number of flies + rate of increase × time

= 200 + 5 × 336

= 1880 fruit flies.

hence,Number of fruit flies after 14 days is equal to 1880.