Question

mosquitoes are growing at a rate of 10% a year . If there were 200 mosquitoes in the beginning. write down the number of mosquitoes after (i) 3 years (ii) 10 years (iii) n years .​

Answer 1

Answer:

600 mosquitoes after 3 years

Answer 2

Answer:

1)260

2)400

3)220n

Explanation:

Mosquitos measuring every year

=10 percentage of 200

=10/100×200

=10

I) Mosquitos after 30 years

=200+3(20)

=200+60

=260

ii) Mosquitos after 10 years

=200+10(20)

=200+200

=400

iii) Mosquitos after n years

=200+n(20)

=200+20n

=220n