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Tzilles
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PostPosted: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:35:34 UTC 
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A colony of ants begins with a population of 12 and grows exponentially every month. Write an exponential equation for the population,P, that models the growth. Find the population after 5 months.
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We need to see your work on this, else we can't tell where you're stuck.

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Tzilles wrote:
A colony of ants begins with a population of 12 and grows exponentially every month. Write an exponential equation for the population,P, that models the growth. Find the population after 5 months.


You have the formula for exponential growth, you posted it in your other topic. So identify what the variables are and just plug them into your equation.

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