The frog population at a lake doubles every week. The population can be modeled by f (x) = 15 (2) ^x and f (6) = 960. What does the 6 represent?

A) The population after six weeks

B) The starting population

C) The rate the population increases

D) The number of weeks that have passed

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Leonard Herring

Mathematics

23 April, 19:08

The frog population at a lake doubles every week. The population can be modeled by f (x) = 15 (2) ^x and f (6) = 960. What does the 6 represent?

A) The population after six weeks

B) The starting population

C) The rate the population increases

D) The number of weeks that have passed

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Kristen Kim · Answer 1

Option A) The population after 6 weeks.

Erika Holmes · Answer 2

we have f (x) = 15.2^x we have f (6) = 960

It means we at x=6 the population of frog is 960 where the x is meant for sixth week.

so the correct option is D) the number of weeks that have passed

The frog population at a lake doubles every week. The population can be modeled by f (x) = 15 (2) ^x and f (6) = 960. What does the 6 represent?A) The population after six weeksB) The starting populationC) The rate the population increasesD) The number of weeks that have passed

The frog population at a lake doubles every week. The population can be modeled by f (x) = 15 (2) ^x and f (6) = 960. What does the 6 represent?

A) The population after six weeks

B) The starting population

C) The rate the population increases

D) The number of weeks that have passed