Suppose a population of 50 crickets doubles in size every 4 months.how many crickets will there be after 5 years?
To find the number of crickets after 5 years, we need to calculate the number of doublings that occur in that time period.
There are 12 months in a year, so 5 years is equivalent to 5 * 12 = 60 months.
Since the population doubles every 4 months, we have 60 / 4 = 15 doublings.
Starting with a population of 50 crickets, after 15 doublings, the population will be 50 * 2^15 = 50 * 32768 = 1,638,400 crickets.
Therefore, there will be 1,638,400 crickets after 5 years.