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Mr. Bean's parents currently have 80descendants. The number of their descendants ddoubles every 15 years t. How many descendantswill they have in 40 years?

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Given,

There are 80 descendent.

They double ever 15 years.

It follows the equation


N=N_o2^(bt)

Thus,


N=80(2)^(40)

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