In a appropriate environment, guppies reproduce at an astounding rate. a population of reproducing guppies quadruples every month. how many guppies will there be after 6 months if the beginning population is only 6 guppies?

a)24,576
b)144
c)46,656
d)1,296

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a)24,576

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: A population of reproducing guppies quadruples every month.

The population of guppies in the beginning = 6

In First month, the population of guppies =

In Second month, the population of guppies =

Continue like this,

In 6 months, the population of guppies =

x = 17

step-by-step explanation:

1st step: isolate x.

24 - 3x = -27

-24         -24

-3x   =   -51

2nd step: divide.

-3x     =   -51

  3             3

  x       =     17

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