Question

Suppose a wild fire is doubling in size every 6 hours. If the initial size of the fire was 1 acre, how many acres will the fire cover in 2 days?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

2 days= 24 hours in 1 day, so multiply that by 2 to get 48 hours total.

Now find the amount of time the wild fire doubles by dividing 48 total hours by 6. So it will double 8 times

The size was 1 acre. Let's multiply by 2, 8 times

1

2

4

8

16

32

64

128

The fire will cover 128 acres in two days.