Due to lack of natural predators, the rabbit population of a city park is doubling every year. If the rabbit population is 16 rabbits in year , how many rabbits will there be in year 5?
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To find the number of rabbits in year 5, we need to consider that the population is doubling every year.
Year 1: 16 rabbits
Year 2: 16 x 2 = 32 rabbits
Year 3: 32 x 2 = 64 rabbits
Year 4: 64 x 2 = 128 rabbits
Year 5: 128 x 2 = 256 rabbits
Therefore, there will be 256 rabbits in year 5.
To find the number of rabbits in year 5, we need to understand how the population is growing. We know that the rabbit population is doubling every year. This means that each year, the number of rabbits doubles.
So, let's look at the growth pattern year by year:
Year 1: 16 rabbits (given)
Year 2: 2 * 16 = 32 rabbits (doubled from year 1)
Year 3: 2 * 32 = 64 rabbits (doubled from year 2)
Year 4: 2 * 64 = 128 rabbits (doubled from year 3)
Year 5: 2 * 128 = 256 rabbits (doubled from year 4)
Therefore, in year 5, there will be 256 rabbits in the city park.
16*2^5
Well, if the rabbit population is doubling every year, we can use the equation P * (2^N) to calculate the population in year N, where P is the initial population and N is the number of years. So, in year 5, we have P = 16 and N = 5. Let's calculate that:
16 * (2^5) = 16 * 32 = 512.
So, in year 5, there will be 512 rabbits hopping around in the city park. That's a whole lot of fluffy cuteness!