Question

The foundation of a house has 1200 termites. The termites grow at a rate of about 3% each day. How many termites are there after one week (round to the nearest termite?

Answer 1

1476 termites after 7 days.

Explanation:

initial population, P = 1200

rate of growth, r = 1.03

time, t = 7 days

Final population

= Pr^t

= 1200 (1.03^7)

= 1475.8