Answer:
a) The number of ants in week three is shown through the following geometric progression: 500*1.1*1.1*1.1
b) 1.21
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that 500 ants are increasing at a rate of 10% every week which means that we can calculate the week one ants like this
500*1.1
Week two
500*1.1*1.1
and so on.
We write the following equation
500(1.1)^n where n is the number of weeks
We plug in 8 and then 6 for n in the equation above and get
500(1.1)^8=1071.79
500(1.1)^6=885.78
Divide and get that p=1.21
