An unusually wet spring has caused the size of a mosquito population in some city to increase by 8% each day. If an estimated 240,000 mosquitoes are in the city on May 9, find how many mosquitoes will inhabit the city on May 26. Use y=240.000(1.08) where x is number of days since May 9. RECCERR On May 26 there will be approximately mosquitoes (Round to the nearest thousand as needed

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An unusually wet spring has caused the size of a mosquito population in some city to increase by 8%
each day. If an estimated 240,000 mosquitoes are in the city on May 9, find how many mosquitoes will
inhabit the city on May 26. Use y=240.000(1.08) where x is number of days since May 9.
On May 26 there will be approximately
(Round to the nearest thousand as needed)
LECCES
mosquitoes
Transcribed Image Text:An unusually wet spring has caused the size of a mosquito population in some city to increase by 8% each day. If an estimated 240,000 mosquitoes are in the city on May 9, find how many mosquitoes will inhabit the city on May 26. Use y=240.000(1.08) where x is number of days since May 9. On May 26 there will be approximately (Round to the nearest thousand as needed) LECCES mosquitoes
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