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A population of rats triples every 7 days. If the population starts with 5 rats, how many rats

will there be in 3 weeks?

User Glenna
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Answer:

135 rats

Explanation:

first do 5 x 3 (because it triples every week) that equals 15 then triple that witch is 45, then triple that one more time, 135 (because you are supposed to do 3 weeks) so its 135 rats! hoped this helped ;)

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