An unusually wet spring has caused the size of a mosquito population in some city to increase by 7% each day. If an estimated 1

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An unusually wet spring has caused the size of a mosquito population in some city to increase by 7% each day. If an estimated 1

80,000 mosquitoes are in the city on May 9, find how many mosquitoes will inhabit the city on May 19. Use y=180,000(1.07)x where x is number of days since May 9. Question content area bottom Part 1 On May 19 there will be approximately enter your response here mosquitoes. (Round to the nearest thousand as needed.)

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Anastaziya [24] · Answer 1 · 2023-02-10T13:21:53+03:00

There will be 354087.24 mosquitoes on the 19th of May.

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Using the relation :

y = 180000(1.07)^x

x = Number of days since May 6 ;

y = Number of mosquitoes after x days

x = May 9 May 19 = 10 days

Therefore, a number of mosquitoes inhabiting the city on May 19 will be :

y = 180000(1.07)^10

y = 180000 x 1.96715136

y = 354087.24

y = 354087.24 (nearest whole number).

Therefore there will be 354087.24 mosquitoes on the 19th of May.