A colony of insects was found to have 250 insects at the beginning. Thereafter, the number of insects doubled every two days. Find the number of...

      

A colony of insects was found to have 250 insects at the beginning. Thereafter, the number of insects doubled
every two days. Find the number of insects after 16 days.

  

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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 3, 2019 at 07:40

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