Question

Jericho is a botanist and is researching about a particular species of plant. He found that the number of plants in his testing environment increases by 60% each year. The following expression represents the number of plants in his testing environment after t years.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let initial number of plants =100

Increase I year 60

Number after 1 year 160

Increase IIyear 60% 96

Number after II year 256

Increase in III year 60% 153.6

and so on

In general if t is number of years and N number of plants after n years

the expression would be

`N(t)=N_(0) (1.06)^t`

In other words, the expressions wouldbe the same as amount after t years of compound interest.