A population of fruit flies is growing in such a way that each generation is 1.25 times
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A population of fruit flies is growing in such a way that each generation is 1.25 times as large as the last generation. Suppose there were 200 insects in the first generation. How many, to the nearest whole number, would there be in the fifth generation?
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ISBN: 978-0134697024
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Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels
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