<h3>Answer: Approximately 191 bees</h3>
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Work Shown:
One way to express exponential form is to use
y = a*b^x
where 'a' is the initial value and 'b' is linked to the growth rate.
Since we're told 34 bees are there initially, we know a = 34.
Then after 4 days, we have 48 bees. So we can say,
y = a*b^x
y = 34*b^x
48 = 34*b^4
48/34 = b^4
24/17 = b^4
b^4 = 24/17
b = (24/17)^(1/4)
b = 1.090035
Which is approximate.
The function updates to
y = a*b^x
y = 34*(1.090035)^x
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As a way to check to see if we have the right function, plug in x = 0 and we find:
y = 34*(1.090035)^x
y = 34*(1.090035)^0
y = 34*(1)
y = 34
So there are 34 bees on day 0, ie the starting day.
Plug in x = 4
y = 34*(1.090035)^x
y = 34*(1.090035)^4
y = 34*1.4117629
y = 47.9999386
Due to rounding error we don't land on 48 exactly, but we can round to this value.
We see that after 4 days, there are 48 bees.
So we confirmed the correct exponential function.
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At this point we can find out how many bees there are expected to be after 20 days.
Plug in x = 20 to get
y = 34*(1.090035)^x
y = 34*(1.090035)^20
y = 190.672374978452
Round to the nearest whole number to get 191.
There are expected to be roughly 191 bees on day 20.
An integer is a whole number, in other words, a number that isn't a fraction or decimal.
0 + 0 + -2 + -2 + 2 + -2 = -4
-4 is an integer because it is not a fraction or decimal.
Best of Luck!
It's 12 because if you divide 6 by 0.5 you should get 12, so basically use the opposite operation.
Hope that helps!
First of all get a picture of what this looks like. Desmos is a pretty good graphing program, but anything that will do polar coordinates will work.
Here is the graph.
What you can see is that this graph is symmetrical around the x axis.
When you talk about symmetry, you can think of it as taking a mirror and putting it where you think there is symmetry. If you can't tell the difference between the image and the real thing, then you have symmetry.
In this case, the mirror will show symmetry along the x axis and no where else.
