Question

A population of protozoa develops with a constant relative growth rate of 0.8877 per member per day. on day zero the population consists of six members. find the population size after five days. (round your answer to the nearest whole number.) p(5) = members

Answer 1

The exponential equation for the number of protozoa can be written as ...
p(t) = 6×1.8877^t

The population size when t=5 is then
p(5) = 6×1.8877^5 ≈ 144 . . . . members