The number of fruit flies in a population doubles everyday. everett collected 6 fruit flies for an experiment. after a certain number of days, the colony had grown to 48 fruit flies. write a linear equation using the information above. use x as a varible.

So, our required linear equation will be

Explanation:

Since we have given that

the number of fruit flies = 6

According to question, we have that the number of fruit flies in a population doubles everyday,

it becomes geometric progression, as it rises with common ratio, i.e.

Let the number of days be x

so, our required equation becomes ,

So, our required equation will be