A nest of ants initially contains 500 individuals

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · A Level · Mathematics · Exponentials and logarithms · Exponentials and logarithms

Problem

A nest of ants initially contains 500 individuals. The population is increasing by 12% each week. (1) How many ants will there be after:    i 10 weeks    ii 20 weeks? (2) How many weeks will it take for the ant population to reach 2000?

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