Question

The number of people I don’t know amusement park triples every hour. This morning, there were 20 people at the muse meant park when it opened. Now, there are 4860 people have them use meant park. Write an equation to represent the number of hours the amusement park has been open.

Answer 1

equation is y=20(3)^x

Explanation:

example:

Solve for x over the integers:

20 (3)^x = 4860

Divide both sides by 20:

3^x = 243

243 = 3^5:

3^x = 3^5

Equate exponents of 3 on both sides:

Answer:

x = 5 hours open with 4860 guest