will be the function to calculate population every half year.
Further explanation:
The given formula is:
In the given formula, x represents the amount of time in years. So, in order to convert the given function for yearly calculation of population, to find the population every half year the time will be converted into half. This means that instead of x, x/2 will be used.
So the new function will be:
Keywords: Population growth, Population growth function
Since we know the ratio is going to stay constant at , we can use this to find the height of the lamp along with the information that the total distance from the lamp to the tip of his shadow is 20: