Question

The Zombie Apocalypse has come to Panama City Beach. It starts when 3 Spring Breakers become zombie after an encounter with a deadly fish. Waking up the next day, each Spring Breaker can infect 4 more people per day before needing a rest. Each of these zombies can, in turn, infect an additional 4 people per day. Write an Exponential Function to represent this situation. Then find out how many crazy Spring Break Zombies will be roaming the beach at the end of the week (Day 7)?

Answer 1

Answer:

By the end of the week there will be 49,152 zombies in Panama City Beach.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the Zombie Apocalypse has come to Panama City Beach, starting when 3 Spring Breakers become zombie after an encounter with a deadly fish, and since waking up the next day, each Spring Breaker can infect 4 more people per day before needing a rest , and each of these zombies can, in turn, infect an additional 4 people per day, to determine how many crazy Spring Break Zombies will be roaming the beach at the end of the week the following exponential function has to be solved:

3 x 4 ^ 7 = X

3 x 16,384 = X

49.152 = X

Therefore, by the end of the week there will be 49,152 zombies in Panama City Beach.