Question

You have 10 snails in your fish tank with two goldfish. The number of snails increases by 20% each week. Find the approximate number of snails at the end of the

second week.

Answer 1

Explanation:

After the first week, the number of snails will be 10 + 0.2(10) = 12.

After the second week, the number of snails will be 12 + 0.2(12) = 14.4, but since we can't have a fraction of a snail, we must round to the nearest whole number.

Therefore, at the end of the second week, there will be approximately 14 snails in the fish tank.