A nest of ants initially contains individuals

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · AP · AP Precalculus · Exponential and Logarithmic Functions · Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Problem

A nest of ants initially contains 500500 individuals. The population is increasing by 12%12\% each week. (1) How many ants will there be after 1010 weeks? (2) How many ants will there be after 2020 weeks? (3) How many weeks will it take for the ant population to reach 20002000?

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