In a pond, the area that is covered by algae doubles each week. When the
algae first spotted the area it covered was about 12.5 square meters.
a. Find the area, in square meters, covered by algae 10 days after it was spotted. Show your
reasoning.

b. Explain why we can find the area covered by algae 1 day after it was spotted by multiplying
12.5 by

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33.6 square meters

Step-by-step explanation:

a. The area doubles each week, starting with 12.5 square meters.

12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200, ...

We can model this as a geometric sequence, where the first term is 12.5 and the common ratio is 2.  The nth term of the sequence is:

aₙ = a₀ (r)^n

aₙ = 12.5 (2)^n

This is the area after n weeks.  We can find the daily area by dividing the exponent by 7.

a = 12.5 (2)^(d/7)

where d is the number of days.

So the area after 10 days is:

a = 12.5 (2)^(10/7)

a ≈ 33.6

b. Using exponent properties, we can rewrite the equation as:

a = 12.5 (2)^(d/7)

a = 12.5 (2^(1/7))^d

So after 1 day, the area increases by a factor of 2^(1/7) (seventh root of 2).