Answer:
The number of mosquitoes that will inhabit the city on May 25 is 4,471,200.
Step-by-step explanation:
Note: This question is not complete as some important figures and points are omitted. The complete question is therefore provided before answering the question as follows:
An unusually wet spring has caused the size of a mosquito population in some city to increase by 8% each day. If an estimated 180,000 mosquitoes are in the city on May 12, find how many mosquitoes will inhabit the city on May 25. Use y= 180,000(1.08)x where x is number of days since May 2.
The explanation to the answer is now given as follows:
Given;
y = 180,000(1.08)x = 180,000 * 1.08 * x .................... (1)
Where;
y = Number of mosquitoes that will inhabit the city on May 25 = ?
x = Number of days since May 2 = 25 - 2 = 23
Substituting for x = 23 into equation (1), we have:
y = 180,000 * 1.08 * 23
y = 4,471,200
Therefore, the number of mosquitoes that will inhabit the city on May 25 is 4,471,200.
