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11 years ago
I bought 2 pigs, the pigs reproduce at a rate of 2 offspring per week and my pig population doubles weekly, how many weeks will pass before I have 512 pigs?

512=x^2*y

If I were to turn this into a quadratic function, which number referenced goes where?
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11 years ago
Hello,

I'm sorry, your growth formula is not quadratic, it is exponential:


y = 2^(x+1)

512 = 2 ^ (x+1)

x = 8 weeks
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