Question

If it takes 5 years for an animal population to double, how many years will it take until the population

Answer 1

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Answer:

  7.92 years

Step-by-step explanation:

We want to find t such that ...

  3 = 2^(t/5)

where 2^(t/5) is the annual multiplier when doubling time is 5 years.

Taking logs, we have ...

  log(3) = (t/5)log(2)

  t = 5·log(3)/log(2) ≈ 7.92 . . . years

It will take about 7.92 years for the population to triple.