On the basis of data collected during an experiment, a biologist found that the growth of the fruit fly (Drosophila) with a limited food supply could be approximated by the exponential model , where t denotes the number of days since the beginning of the experiment.

Question

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What was the initial fruit fly population in the experiment? __________
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What was the maximum fruit fly population that could be expected under this laboratory condition? __________
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What was the population of the fruit fly colony on the 20th day? Please give the answer as an integer. __________
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How fast was the population changing on the 20th day? Please give the answer as an integer. __________

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

10; 200; 132; 8