Question

23. According to one of Tolkien's essays, there were 144 elves originally created by the gods in Middle-Earth. If their numbers tripled every century after that, how many elves were there 1000 years after the creation of Middle-Earth?

A) 432,000 elves
B) 59,049,000 elves
C) 432 elves
D) 8,503,056 elves

Answer 1

D

Explanation:

elves in 1000 years = elves now x (rate of increase)^time

elves increase every century. there are ten years in a century. thus time = 1000/100 = 10 years

144 x (3)^10 = 8,503,056 elves