The fruit fly population in a certain laboratorytriples every day. Today there are 200

Chapter 5, Problem 40

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The fruit fly population in a certain laboratorytriples every day. Today there are 200 fruit flies.a. Make a table showing the number of fruit fliespresent for the first 4 days (today is day 0,tomorrow is day 1, etc.).b. Find a function of the form thatdescribes the fruit fly population at time x days.c. What is the growth factor here (that is, by whatnumber must each days population bemultiplied to obtain the next days population)?d. How many fruit flies will there be a week fromnow?

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