A population of fruit flies is growing in such a way that each generation is 1.15 times as large as the last generation. Suppose there were 200 insects in the first generation. How many would there be in the sixth generation?
It looks straightforward. A population of fruit flies growing at 15% per generation. It follows that in 6 generations there would be: 200 X 1.15^6=462(rounded) flies in 6 generations.
